First Solo!

Soloed for the first time today in a Cessna 152. Got back to ground in one piece!

Jog down memory lane

The Persian palace

Times past

Today I did three things that I haven't done in a long time. Looked up a number in the yellow pages, used a pay phone, and talked to a receptionist that wasn't a robot. Forgot to charge my phone. This close to riding a horse to get to Vons.

Awesome cobler

Kershaw just got tossed

Ucla cornhole

Anyone need to get jacked?

Cause someone charged 800 bucks of supplements to my card and had it sent to my house.

Car on fire

Never fail to see one when driving on the 5 from OC to LA.

Matcha

The good stuff.

Muse at outsidelands

Arcade fire

You call that a knife?

Used this beast of a nail gun for the first time. Terrifying.

You call that a knife?

Used this beast of a nail gun for the first time. Terrifying.

Try 2

Exact copy

A Diddy mini

First yield green onions and a pepper

Dodgers with the firm

I have a leaky nut, so I replaced it with aluminum

You can fit a lot of things in a Subaru

Meat

Yay my new computer arrived

All set for 2011/12

Tomatoes!

Doc at home depot

His flux capacitor must be in need of parts.

Sunday hike

My personal vending machine

I stocked one of my flipper cabinets with snacks because I've been feeding the vending machine too much money.

Perfect fit

Breville oven

Sweet! My now obsolete technology free camera came today

Muthafucka

Breaking the head off a thread in a delicate aluminum part. This is what you finally get out after hours of cursing.

Kimchistache

Tomatoes

Two for a dollar at Lowes, so why not.

New Worm City

The Big Wiggly. They wiped us out bug we rebuilt it. And now the young families are moving in among the green lawns and yellow walls.

Panda Passion

Perhaps they didn't think this all the way thru.

Doggie

Does maps too

Trying out this app called ski tracks

Retired

This horse went crazy

Tree

Reverse engineering pancake sauce

For those that have been to boots and kimo in kailua, I made these ginger molasses pancakes with macademia nut sauce over them. The sauce comes pretty close!

Go red or go home

Line of red ducs in the garage

Expanding Composting Operations

My yard generates a lot of brown materials. Thankfully we had a lot of enterprise computing equipment come in, so I saved up all the shipping pallets (these probably have some Netapp part numbers stamped on them) and build a second composting bin. I also made the sorting unit in the middle for sorting out the small particles of compost and separating out the twigs. Below is the final product. Some fresh rich compost! Now I need to build some elevated planter boxes. If anyone has scrap wood I'd be happy to remove them for you.

Cost of second composting unit and sorting unit, $16. The price of the poly netting for lining the bin and for sifting the compost.

Curency tracking study

My guess is a lot of strip clubs

Down in the corner, teaka - sweet tea flavored vodka!?!

Sleet in North Hollywood

if you need some tires

Get these, which are are the highest rated all season tires for snow and ice according to a few websites. Check tirerack.com or google the tire name "Continental Exteme Contact DWS". DWS stands for Dry, wet, snow. I just tested them in mammoth and I agree. If you buy this month you also get a free Flip hd camera. I got my set from Tire Central in San Gabriel, give them a call at 626-698-1182 the day before to schedule an appointment and to make sure they will have the tire delivered from their suppliers. They will quote you a per tire price which includes the mounting and balancing. They accept credit cards too. Be sure to specify that you want the DWS tires since continental also makes DW tires, which for some reason are more expensive.

I also drove them around in some heavy rain in LA and it was like there was no water on the road. On both rain and snow, you really have to try to loose some traction.

I've used the stock RE-92s and a set of Falken Ziex with some major wear on them in the same type of snow conditions and both lost tractions quite easily. These on the other hand were able to move right up some snowy hills.

As for ride comfort they are quieter and less bumpy than the other tires I've used. They are suppose to have softer sidewalls but They felt very good in the same kind of driving conditions. Better than the RE-92s or Falkens.

June lake

Navigator fuel

I hope this thing makes a cameo for all the operations