Turns out the catastrophy at work on Friday wasn't such a castrophy after all. That means I don't have to spend nearly $1000 and 9.5 hours free work. Unfortunately, the customer will be stuck with a larger bill, because it turns out the car was broken worse than we thought. We replaced the timing belt and water pump, but didn't know the head ( Read more... )

I have nearly finished moving my belongings out of the house and the stress of moving has subsided. As I walked in the door after getting back from unloading the truck, I was overwhelmed by recollections of times gone by. The house may be physically empty, but it's full of memories. Some damn good times were had here. Playing cards and Cranium ( Read more... )

Someone just shoot me and get it over with.

A story in the local paper made the news at Fark.com.

In other news, there's over 1,750 inmates in the Marion County Jail.

I got a call from the broker handling the sale of the house I'm living in, Lisa Reilly, on Friday. She told me that I have until Tuesday to move out, closing is on Wednesday ( Read more... )

Saw this on a motorcycle forum I frequent and thought it was interesting ( Read more... )

Looking back on my old LJ posts makes me wonder, what the hell has happened with my life. In July 2001 my biggest problem was where to go to party. I loved living in Orlando. I had a social life. I was making 57K / year at an awesome job; and the future was so bright, I had to wear shades ( Read more... )

I've been using my friend Jon's Gary Fisher "Mamba" mountain bike as transportation for the last several months. The last couple of weeks I've noticed the bottom bracket bearings were getting loose, so I took it apart today. I was expecting to clean, lube, and adjust the bearing; but no such luck. The bearing and spindle are toast ( Read more... )

As anyone who knows me will tell you, I hate moving. I'm supposed to move out of this borrowed house by Friday. I'm not entirely sure how that's going to happen, or where I'm going. I've checked into buying a house, and my credit is better than I thought. But it isn't good enough to get the terms and rate I want, so I'm going to spend the ( Read more... )

Apparently, I created this account in July 2001 and had promptly forgotten all about it. My friend Sirinek, in what must have been a moment of boredom induced 'net searching, unearthed it and was kind enough to bring it back to my attention. Sorry for the lapse of memory, LJ ( Read more... )