If this ain’t living the dream, I’d like to know what is.
I’m pretty happy with the mailbox I finished. Its base is 100x more permanent than a fir post – it is a Mercedes crankshaft in Continue reading
Author Archives: littlejar
a stop at the tobacco shop
Every few months or so, I buy one of those little cigars. I had to do something to get the sensation of the worst smell Continue reading
Something needs to be done about this
People don’t, nor are required, to fix their oil leaks. Not in a state where they don’t do vehicle inspections. This is what WA state Continue reading
Enough noise
Sounds like fireworks and noise out there, soon to fizzle away. And here we have 2010. A numeric beginning. Two years ago, I was a Continue reading
I couldn’t resist.
Today I went and bought another bike. This time, I drove to Oak Harbor and found out it’s quite a ways out from the Vern. Continue reading
So I was on youtube, and ran into Ernesto, and he said…
Ok wow. Now I know why Ralph likes them so much. And I know why I don’t see Colnagos for sale much. by
The difference between a warrior and a soldier is…
I was stopped from my folly of moving engine and transmission around today, by injury. I did get them both into the shed. It was Continue reading
I have found the center of hell
For good dreams, scroll down to the movie about Ritter and a sun-drenched velodrome in Mexico City. For nightmares, come to my garage. Lay under Continue reading
60 degrees in Tucson and where the fuck am I?
It’s snowing in the Skagit Valley. yay. Insulation. I’m under the hood of a car, trying to get the engine out. My Mercedes diesel blew Continue reading
Let the gavels drop
It’s about time that a court is recognizing a car as a weapon. We just need some appeals now, and higher court rulings, and then, Continue reading
A warning against continued drinking – be merry in youth; in age, beware
That tooth was rotting in my mouth for so long and I hung on to it. I finally paid to have it removed, through pain Continue reading
It’s ugly, but it may pass muster.
These are photos of my first frame. It is a road racer, 55×56 compact, and will have an Easton carbon fork. There is Dura Ace Continue reading