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28
Dec

New car (the fast way)

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 […]


19
Dec

Security?

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 […]


15
Dec

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 […]


11
Dec

Injury update

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, […]


18
Nov

Sort of a Flintstones question

In the Pebbles & Bam Bam show… you know, the one where Pebbles & Bam Bam are teenagers. How come Bam Bam isn’t super strong anymore?


11
Nov

Where have I been?

Work mostly. Wake up at 5 or 6 and start working. Go to work and work some more. Come home, work into midnight or 1. That’s been my week and I’m feeling kinda tired, but it’s over now. Yay! After all that work to get things ready for a demo they decided that the client […]


15
Sep

Traffic theme for September 10, 2005

Honking at people sitting at a red light. There was a lot of impatience out there.


05
Sep

Testing

New version of LivePress.


07
Aug

The tiring part is done

Friday night I got home from work and Nicole and I went to Target to get a goft card for her step-sister whose wedding we would attend Saturday. After Target we went to Ross since we needed a new comforter too. When we returned home we applied ourselves to cleaning the house until around 11:30PM. […]


02
Aug

Is this thing on?

I’m trying out a WordPress plugin that is supposed to mirror content to LiveJournal. If it is successful then LiveJournal peeps can stop complaining that I’m inconvenient.

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