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In the year 2006 I resolve to: Invent a better pizza. Get your resolution here

Chevrolet HHR wagon – I saw there was a funky wagon in Consumer Reports and when we parked at the auto mall there it was. We walked up to take a look and they asked if we wanted to drive it. We did and it’s a pretty good car overall. It has a lot of […]

Two weeks ago we were told that the transmission and clutch are in need of replacing. No one does rebuilds of them because with 5 different manual transmissions used for the 97 Passat it just doesn’t make sense unless you are VW. The cost of a new one installed is $3500. The average yearly cost […]

I saw Aeon Flux the other day and it was bad in many ways, but the kind of bad that’s fun. The script was bad, most of the acting was bad, most of the ideas behind it was bad. What was good? It was clear a lot of work went into making the look and […]

Liana had Peter call me to offer insurance advice about my scooter accident. I forgot the specifics because I was running errands at the time but I called back for more specifics and put them to use and I was successful! I will be compensated for the day off work and my medical co-pay and […]

At work we have these little devices where you press a button and it gives you a code to type in. I don’t use the services that make use of that so I just press the button a few times a day. The thing that makes me feel it isn’t as secure as it should […]

I heard back from the insurance company of the door opening woman and they said that since her coverage was lapsed when the accident occured that wouldn’t give me anything. I didn’t really expect them to but I figured it was worth a shot. So now I have to try and get money directly from […]

“The Whole 9 Yards” was a fun movie so as I sat down to watch “The Whole 10 Yards” I was hoping for more of the same. Instead it’s mostly pretty boring. I didn’t care what happened to any of there characters and none could hold my attention except for those played by half of […]

Not much videual has happened in the last week so I put it all here as a one week update. A lot of the work has been framing what needs to be framed and getting all the plumbing in and planning for electricity and such. The kitchen has the openings framed to the size they […]

So I went to the doctor on Thursday and he said internally everything was fine and to keep taking ibuprofen and icing my bruises. Then they bandaged every cut. I iced everything and rested and Friday morning my hips were feeling slightly better than the day before. My neck and shoulders were really tight though, […]