First, the bad news (bad for the truck anyway): That loose plastic part of the bumper was just the tip of the iceberg. In the daylight, i saw that in addition to that, the metal part of the bumper was warped, the right front fender is a little bent, and the area under the passenger door is bent. and yesterday, Jeff took it to the shop for an ( Read more... )

I should never be allowed to operate a vehicle ever again. Here's what happened ( Read more... )

Dr. Brown and family come back in tomorrow morning, so the house-sitting gig is over. I packed up what i had taken over there, stopped by the store one last time while i had the car, then headed back home to the hatchery. This evening i dropped the car off at the airport, so i'm officially sans car again, at least until i get paid (should be soon) ( Read more... )

Rob, Lisa, and I left for the bay just before sunset on Friday night. We didn't take much more equipment than the rebar traps. The university didn't give us the extended cab pickup to use, so i decided to ride in the back. They were driving, and i was chilling in the back enjoying the evening air (which was occasionally infused with the smell of ( Read more... )

Hence the lack of posting lately. Here's a brief recap of stuff that happened that i didn't bother to write about ( Read more... )

And now the thrilling conclusion to the crab trap saga ( Read more... )

I think i'm well on my way to killing the hatchery's Ranger. Wednesday, i drove to campus and then back again with the parking brake on. I noticed that the truck was struggling more to get over hills, and it was handling a little funny, but i chalked it up to the roads being wet. And when smoke started coming out of the back, i pulled over to ( Read more... )

It rained more or less all day today. We caught the northernmost edge of a westbound tropical storm. No wind or lightning, or anything exciting like that though. This would have been a perfect day to make more notes on the technical lit i've read. However, i spent all of 30 minutes today dealing with it because, frankly, it's boring. It feels too ( Read more... )

I need to go to the store. As of dinner tonight, i had exactly 14 ingredients to work with: vegetable oil, hot dogs, chow mein noodles, half a can of peaches, 3 potatoes, half a head of romaine lettuce, rice, eggs, sugar, salad dressing, leftover barbecue from sunday night, chicken soup, ramen noodles, and salt. (I had a loaf of bread, but i found ( Read more... )

As i write this, it's about Noon on Saturday. It is not Friday, even though yesterday started out for me as a Thursday. Aren't time zones fun? I'm sure i'll get used to it in a couple of days ( Read more... )