On this day in 1865, Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth ( Read more... )

HOORAY! Bucky is gone!

Just so you all know, the spider met it's demise with a can of Raid and a garbage disposal. But in it's last fleeting moments, it actually launched itself toward me, but just fell to the floor. My room is safe....for now. Hopefully that spider didn't have any offspring to avenge it's death (I'm sure I killed them all with the lawn chair incident).

I woke up unusually early today with a lot on my mind. I got out of bed, turned on the lights and started to head out for breakfast when I glanced toward the top of my closet door. And there, a giant  trapdoor spider was squeezed between the ceiling and the closet, half way out. This isn't the typical house spider, nor just the simple spiders I ( Read more... )

April Fool's Day was originally the pagan new year, until the Flanders' came along and ruined everything ( Read more... )

On Friday, the Lieutenant Governor of California (next in line if something happens to Arnie) came into my work to discuss buying a bike from me. Apparently, a week prior, his personal assistant came into the shop to buy some stuff, and I helped her, and she liked me so much she requested that I help the Lt. Gov. He didn't actually buy a bike, but ( Read more... )

So there's this guy I work with. We don't always get along. Sometimes I think it's because we're sort of alike, but mostly I think he's a moron. And for no good reason, this dude gets bike stuff from customers for free all the time. Some call it luck, others good timing. I just think I personally have chronic bad luck. Today's big score came from a ( Read more... )

Today is a great day for a picnic. Sandwiches, potato salad, chips and cookies. It's going to be a great day.

Serves me right for not going to the dentist for 3 years ( Read more... )

Today was the official last class at UCLA, but my instructor has arranged an opportunity to get together for one more weekend for some advanced training. Thankfully I accumulated that free flight, because this one will be a full weekend event. If I ever rent a car from Enterprise again, shoot me.