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I'm back online
Well THAT was an exhausting week or so ( Read more... ) -
Wow! I'm a artist! Or not.
Well, AMVIV is just 3 weeks away and I'm getting very busy. This weekend we're going to assemble the route books, which means that I had to create them the weekend just gone. Came to about 330mb of Photoshop files once I was done with it, in 25 pages. Looks pretty damn good if I do say so myself. That meant that I barely left the computer all ( Read more... ) -
Medical fun
Yesterday was the 1st time in the 4 1/2 years I've been with the school district that I called in sick. Sunday night, I went to bed as usual and woke up about midnight (1/2 hour or so of sleep) with some pretty significant pain in my side. I tried the usual remedies (rolling over, defecation, Salvital) with no improvement. I actually got worried ( Read more... ) -
Another podcast interview
I was interviewed by White Roof Radio (a MINI podcast with multi-thousand per week downloads) about the annual MINI event I largely organize. My interview is the 2nd half of this podcast. The event website is www.AMVIV.com if any of you have a MINI and are in the western 1/2 of the US and want to drop by. Or just want to see what I've been ( Read more... ) -
Who organized this bloody weather?!?
One of the reasons I moved to Las Vegas was the climate. After several winters in places like Detroit, Michigan and Lincoln/Omaha, Nebraska, I wanted to live somewhere I didn't have to deal with snow. Yes, it's pretty. Yes, it's Christmassy (if you happened to grow up in the northern hemisphere). It's also a pain in the arse. It makes your car ( Read more... ) -
Finished the AMVIV writeup
Well. I finally got off my arse and finished up the writeup of the MARCH 2006 event that I organized and got it online. It's at www.amviv.com/2006.htm and it's big coz it has lots of pictures. Only took me 7 months. Good thing no-one bugging me about it (much ( Read more... ) -
Tomorrow is crunch day
So...the Mini is not yet registered, it appears that the professional mechanics are having similar difficulties getting its emmissions under control to what I was. Except they have a gas sniffer so that they can immediately tell the effects of changes they make. The movement permit expires while I'm out of town next week, and I have to physically ( Read more... ) -
Busy as a 1-legged man in an arse kicking contest
So...tonight I have to go to the DMV to get a movement permit for the classic Mini, so that I can take it to a mechanic tomorrow for engine work so that I can register it ( Read more... ) -
A free trip to LA
Yay me! I entered a contest on a radio station's website and won a trip to LA (2 airfares) including 2 nights hotel (at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel where the cheap rooms for these nights are $200) and 2 tickets to see Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at the Hollywood Bowl. How cool is that ( Read more... )