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Passing away

Turbomacncheese — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:36:58 GMT

My favorite podcasters at "The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe have spoofed John Edwards and "Crossing Over," with a cameo from what seems to be a Sylvia Brown impersonator. Love it‼

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Electric bike

Turbomacncheese — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:43:30 GMT

Well, I TOTALLY want to build an electric bike when we move to Arizona. Ideally, I'd be able to load enough solar panels to keep the battery charged while I ride, but that would be a LOT Of solar panels and a LOT of cash. I think I'll be better off trying to use what solar panels I can, and supplement that with a small engine and a generator. May be use a beck arnley electric fuel pump to feed the engine from below instead of worrying about gravity feeding the fuel. That way I could mount the fuel tank wherever I want.

Hippos vs Crocodiles

Turbomacncheese — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:22:14 GMT

Hippos Vs Crocodiles Sorry, still haven't figured out how to embed youtube videos with MS word.

I enjoyed this one, thought you might, too. I always heard not to mess with hippos, but watching them mess with the crocodiles like that really drove it home. Hippos just "hey dude, what's up? Screw off"

More Netflix

Turbomacncheese — Sun, 13 May 2012 04:06:04 GMT

Leeanne has been catching up on old episodes of Gray's Anatomy. I don't know exactly how old it is, but I think it was probably about the same time as the other nursing scrubs shows, ER and Chicago Hope. I watched a few episodes of Chicago Hope when it was on TV, and I remember liking it better than ER (though I have no idea why) and was surprised that it got cancelled while ER continued on for several seasons. Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that everyone on Gray's Anatomy was a freakin basket case.

Wishful thinking

Turbomacncheese — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:53:07 GMT

Yeah, this is what I want to do with a garage. I'll need a couple more work stations, but this is essentially it.

Cherry Picker

Turbomacncheese — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:46:11 GMT

If anybody is up in the Winchester, Virginia area and wants a cherry picker (for lifting engines in and out of cars), email me at turbomacncheese@gmail.com. I'll let it go with an engine stand for $40. Otherwise, it's going to the recycler. I doubt I'll have to pull any engines anytime soon, so it's not worth moving to Arizona. Besides, I'll hopefully be able to set up a chain hoist in the garage when I move, so I won't have to take up floor space with this thing. This is a great deal, since a brand new engine stand alone is going for $40. Buy used, and get an engine lift for free‼

Can’t wait for a garage

Turbomacncheese — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:54:15 GMT

Well, we are cleaning out the basement…MORE. Taking all the metal stuff to the scrapper where I'll get a whopping $10 for every hundred pounds. That's right, ten cents a pound. Not bad for scrap, but since I have to throw some actual tools in there, like my drill press, I'm a little pissed. I can't even get two dollars for some of this stuff locally? Really? That's the city in which we live. I was offered five bucks for a 90 dollar porter gable router. People out here have no concept of value, but will stumble up and down the street drunk and start fights with each other over dirty looks. I guess I should just be happy to get the ten cents a pound. And in exchange for my sacrifice, I want a real garage. Not a small metal building that pretends to be a garage, but a real garage. Please?

Over $40000

Turbomacncheese — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:49:22 GMT

Tracked through Microsoft Money. We started last year, and it's really helped us get an awareness of where the money is all going. Use reports, line graphs, bar charts, or just a simple register with all your bills. And best of all? It's FREE‼ Of course, it's only free because Microsoft isn't supporting it anymore, but who cares? Not me!

Get your copy here.

How do you stay organized?

Turbomacncheese — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:52:21 GMT

Finals are upon me this week. I've been pretty fortunate in my finals scheduling, and in having to take them. However, what works for me may not work for my kids. The oldest will have to start taking standardized exams soon, and will need to work out something like a gre study schedule or sat study schedule. So what works for you?

Women

Turbomacncheese — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:07:09 GMT

Sent to me, and maybe you haven't seen it yet, so without further ado…

A real woman is a man's best friend.She will never stand him up and never let him down.
She will reassure him when he feels insecure and comfort him after a bad day.
She will inspire him to do things he never thought he could do; to live without fear and forget regret.
She will enable him to express his deepest emotions and give in to his most intimate desires.
She will make sure he always feels as though he's the most handsome man in the room and will enable him to be the most confident,
sexy, seductive and invincible...

No wait...Sorry.
I'm thinking of whiskey. It's whiskey that does all that shit.

Never mind.

Bummer

Turbomacncheese — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:26:32 GMT

I was selected out of everyone at my community college to receive an outstanding achievement award for math this year, and I probably won't be able to go because the boss lady is on vacation. That blows.

Ready to relax

Turbomacncheese — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:22:50 GMT

Alright all you kids and not so kids…ready for Summer? I'm coming up on the end of the semester, so I know some of you are, too. Here's for one last final push, one Herculean effort of determined, tenacious, intellectual prowess as we study for finals, committed to the best possible grade we can earn, and next week I'll meet you out on the deck in a cedar Adirondack chair with a cooler full of beer‼ Who's in?

Shopping

Turbomacncheese — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:18:56 GMT

I think Leeanne is much more serious about replacing all our stuff than I am. I mean, I'm WAY serious about throwing it away so we don't have to move it or worry about it, but she has already found several stores out in Arizona and online where she wants to buy our stuff. I posted a while back about our favorite wishlist website, wantsthis, and you can go check out we.wantsthis.com if you don't believe me. Right down to the dressing tables‼ She's incredible!

In Arizona…

Turbomacncheese — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:15:11 GMT

It seems that there is a whole lotta bike riding going on. Leeanne is pretty fired up about that, because our kids are old enough now that they can ride in the bike carriers on the longer trips, and it wouldn't be so bad to let them ride their own bikes around the neighborhood with us if we could count on everyone to look out. I wonder if we'll be able to find any decent trail bikes, though? I used to love biking around stuff that I couldn't handle on the bike I have now, and I'd even get one of those thule bike racks to carry our bikes out there. Oh, and I'd bring the sig, just in case.

Jive Aces

Turbomacncheese — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:09:23 GMT

Has anybody seen/heard of these guys? My friend Jim sent me a link to their video on youtube, and I think they rock. It's some hip jazz, which very few people seem to do very well anymore. Click for more details. Anyway, if you make a youtube search for these guys, you'll find their flagship video at www .youtube.com/watch?v=oXvJ8UquYoo. So far, everyone I've played it for likes it a lot. Let me know what YOU think!

How did they not see this?

Turbomacncheese — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:03:34 GMT

Dangit

Turbomacncheese — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:57:17 GMT

I found a great looking emulator on the android market for TI graphing calculators, got all excited that TI doesn't have any issue with me extracting the rom from my own calculator and running it on the emulator, spent about an hour figuring it out (with the help of a 12 year old on youtube) only to find out that the emulator doesn't support my TI-84. Crap.

Job Hunting

Turbomacncheese — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:53:06 GMT

The move to AZ is fast approaching, and even though my contract isn't quite up at the current job, it's about time to consider how I'm going to pay the bills when I leave. Unfortunately, the bulk of my experience lies in restaurant management, and if I expect to get paid well, I'll have to consider those options. Of course, I may not need to get paid well…

On the other hand, it seems as though Retirement communities have dining services for which restaurant managers seem to make excellent candidates. I'm sure the paycheck won't be awful, and it may be a bit nicer environment than I'm used to. Plus, no midnight robberies unless it's a resident looking for chocolate peanuts. Actually, I think I'd like some chocolate peanuts.

BOOM

Turbomacncheese — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:58:34 GMT

Leeanne just ordered a hitch-mounted cargo rack for the Explorer so we can make the trip cross-country more comfortable!‼ I guess this means I have to accept its reality now, huh?

The real meaning of mph

Turbomacncheese — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:27:29 GMT

Almost 6,000,000 views, so you might have already seen it, but if not…