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The various things that rattle around in my head occasionally need to be written down, or in this case, typed out. Since I'm typing them out anyway, you might as well have the option of commenting on them... right? And you know you want to look it up.
This little post will not be well formulated. It's a mash of thoughts about a movie. Please do not judge my writing ability by what you are about to read.
Tonight, Jess and I watched the movie "Savages ". You'll have to read more to get my views...
It's interesting how things pop up here at work. I just found out that there is a Team Building excersize coming up. Go ahead and groan. If you been through these before, you know that they can sometime be quite the bore. I have hopes, though. The one that I'm going to is being held at our local Challenger Learning Center . What's the event?
It's a simulated space mission . Can you say... I'm in? My concern is that people won't take it as seriously as I will. Thoughts?
Since it appears that I'm on a space kick, I'll share this article from the BBC News website. It's about the Russian-European replacement for the Soyus capsule . It's resusable, which is always good. Plus there's a nice little picture. This is actually an nice followup to moving the ISS to a lunar orbit, because this is a way to move astronauts to and from the moon. For you trekies out there... it would get us closer to building a starship at space based ship yard. That would be neat.
I'm sure that you'll all love this idea. Let's save billions of dollars! How? There's a way...
Many of you know that I'm a space enthusiast. I actually watch orbiter landings... not just the launches. Nasa TV? It's fantastic during a shuttle flight. Well, I recently read an article in the Washinginton Post (online) that has a good point about our nations proposed future moon landings. Let's start by moving the ISS into lunar orbit . It's a good read and I've liked to the printable format so you get less of those pesky ad thingys. Enjoy! I hope to read some good comments about this!
I know it's 2008... and yes, I know this video is a little late. But, in the spring of 2007, Rob and I built a camera jib. I think it was primarily a learning experience, but it turned out pretty well. So, here's the video and I'll leave it to you to decide. Don't forget to clap...
Believe me, it's not what you think. I'm the engine! I dropped my bicycle off at the shop for a view lateral-grades (not up or down, but more of a repurpose). The bike is a Trek 4500 from about four years ago. It could be five, but I'd have to ask Jess to pull it up in the databse... anywho, it's being retasked as a commuter bike. Here's how it went down.
In my pick'em up truck (1994 Ford v8 5.0 extended cab) I get roughly 10 to 11 miles per gallon on standard 87 octane. Ugh. First let me state that I'm not a hippe. I'm not a tree hugger, unless I've got a climbing harness, someone on belay and I need to use that tree to get to the next handhold on the rock. I'm not even into the "green" I.T. movement (although, I see it's merits). But, I've decided that I want a raise. And I'm willing to work for it. I'm using my bike to get to and from work and save about $100 / month in fuel costs. It's a nice little raise.
The knobby tires are replaced with street tires. There's a rack on the back and I have a nice set of saddle bags paniers. (The name changes in the bike world.) I've got a small tool kit, small air pump, and I'll have a replacement tube when I pick it up from the shop tomorrow. So, Wednesday (oddly, the same day that I get my rotor puller for the motorcycle), I should be headed out for my first bike ride to work.
I know. i'm a bad person. I've had the motorcycle for over a week, and I still haven't put any pictures up. Well... how about an update?
There was some sort of white powerdery build up in the "gas valve" and that was preventing fuel flow to the engine. Once I got that cleaned out, fuel flowed freely! A couple of other little things, tightening bolts, tensioning the drive chan, and installing a new battery are all that's left. Oh yeah, and swapping the engine for my other one.
Tonight is poker at Rob's, tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday are musical stuff for Rebecca, and then Jess' mom and sister are here for the weekend. So, it's a busy week. I really do want to put pictures up, but I'll make no promises this time.
My Dad come by Sunday with a 1980 Yamaha 650 (not an '84 as previously mentioned). It's too bad that I was sick all weekend and could barely kick the stinking thing over. Anywho... Hopefully I'll be up to speed on Wednesday (I didn't go to work on Monday, now my days are all off). Then I'll start tinkering with it to get it going. Shouldn't be to bad. Dad said he had it running on Saturday to load it up.
Sorry for no pictures. Maybe tonight, if I'm concious or Jess is feeling nice enough.
It's been a while since I posted anything about the motorcycles... let's bring everyone up to speed, shall we?
I've got a 1974 Honda CB750 that is a bunch of parts (but some day...) Also, I've got a 1973(?) Yamaha TX650 (Thanks Dad!) that I've had running, from time to time. It's not road worthy yet.
I got an email from my Dad about the second motorcycle (1984 Yamaha) that I've mentioned in the past... and I've got a picture of it. That's my Dad standing next to it. I know it's a small picture, but I'm happy it was attached to the email. It looks fantastic from the picture... and that's the first I've seen of it. From the looks of it, that's going to be my primary motorcycle frame and what not. Dad did say that the engine on the one I have is the better one, so I will probably swap the engines in the frame (that's what Adam's help is for!). Either way, the email said "soon". Giggle giggle... or gego, gego if your Anna...
I got an email from my Dad about the second motorcycle (1984 Yamaha) that I've mentioned in the past... and I've got a picture of it. That's my Dad standing next to it. I know it's a small picture, but I'm happy it was attached to the email. It looks fantastic from the picture... and that's the first I've seen of it. From the looks of it, that's going to be my primary motorcycle frame and what not. Dad did say that the engine on the one I have is the better one, so I will probably swap the engines in the frame (that's what Adam's help is for!). Either way, the email said "soon". Giggle giggle... or gego, gego if your Anna...