It turns out being an adult is mostly Googling how to do stuff.
chawley First of all, let me apologize in advance if the following sounds a bit, well, severe. It’s had all morning to bake in my head until it was golden brown and ready to be served… I woke up this morning and turned on the news as usual. What did I see? IT’S SNOWING!! Yes, goddamn … Read more
Ok, so I’m about eight hours into one of my all-day-headaches. I get a headache of some sort almost every day, and usually a couple Excedrin in the morning gets me right for the rest of the day. This is not one of those days. I think I dreamed myself into this headache because I … Read more
I miiight be a redneck… Ok, boys and girls, gather ’round for another chapter of“I Hate My Car!” Yesterday, while driving around, I heard a thud followed by a series of smaller thuds. Upon arriving at our destination, I checked it out and found out that the muffler strap that I just had put on … Read more
Things that make you go… BOOM! So we wake up this morning to a phone call. The first thought that goes through my head was…”Oh, shit! Who died now??” As it turns out – nobody died. Joe got in a car accident this morning out in North Royalton. It seems he was hit in the … Read more
A Super Bowl and a Super Bill. So we went to Divot’s for the Super Bowl last night. We had a designated driver, so I’m lucky I even remember the final score. Had a great time, hung out with family and friends and even had my picture taken with my heroes: This morning after the … Read more
Those of you who know me, know how much I love my car. (See: I’m Scared of My Car for a refresher). So a couple of weeks ago I started noticing odd noises coming from the back of the car. Sort of a squeaking sound, not unlike the sound my computer chair makes when I … Read more
Abort, Retry, Ignore… Nevermore? I installed Linux again. This is like the fourth or fifth time. This time I found a new distribution: Mepis. I tried it out on my CrapTop(tm) at work (yeah – I scavenged an old low-end laptop to experiment on) and I got it working! So I brought the CD home … Read more
It’s no secret I hated my 1997 Saturn SL2. Shortly after I bought it, I started having troubles with it. I also started having stress issues that took me years and years to work through. Now, I’m not saying the car made me crazy. But it helped. A classic (in my own mind). I have … Read more