New Year

2009 is about gone. Congress is doing their best to screw with every aspect of our lives through health care changes, wasteful spending and the possibility of "cap and trade" but right now is not the time to worry about it because it is the Christmas season.
Celebrate the season with family and friends! Life is short, trust me, to do otherwise.
Football bowl games are in full swing, pro football playoffs are coming up, Christmas programs and other displays are everywhere! Get off the couch!
We can worry about the politicians and their ilk come next year, and yes, they will need a dressing down from the public, we'll get on it then.
Merry Christmas!!

Thanksgiving

It's that time of the year again. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Good food, no... great food, family, friends, football, and turkey induced naps!! What more can one ask for from a holiday?
     Regardless of how you feel about politics or government you are still living in the greatest country in the world, even if you're cynical and say it's only for now. You should always take a moment to give thanks to the people who have made it that way....... all the brave pioneers, our soldiers, the founding fathers, etc. Just remember the poorest people in this country are better off than 90+% of the undeveloped world!
     Have a safe and enjoyable Holiday!

Car Progress

I'm a little tired of writing about politics, government, sports, etc so I'm going to write about my project car I've been working on. It's a 1959 Morris Minor 1000 that I am mounting on a custom built frame. It has a FE series big-block ford engine, automatic transmission, Dana 60 rear end, "wavy tube" front axle mounted "suicide style"

I started with nothing but a pile of tubing and an idea of what I wanted to build. Then I just started... no specific plans, no blueprints, just started building. Originally this was not even the body I was originally going to use. First it was going to be a pickup cab but everybody's doing that. Then I was going to use a Fiat roadster but it was going to look too much like a sports car (not that there's anything wrong with sports cars.... just not the look I was going for). I'm kind of going for the 50's and 60's look of a altered/gasser competition coupe look

This project is a long way from being done but it keeps me off the streets (at least for now) and gives me an outlet for my creativity

Election Results

It's been awhile since I posted........... you know, certain things get in the way sometimes... like work, projects, family activities, etc. But I digress.
Anyway just sitting here watching the election results and all the "talking heads" trying to make sense of it. Of course both sides try to spin it their way. Democrats say it's no reflection on their progressive agenda, the Republicans want to say it's the start of a major power shift. They're both wrong; it is a reflection of the American people's mood. They are tired of unrestrained spending, bailouts, government interference and business as usual. The Republicans are right that it's the start of a power shift but wrong that it's strictly to the GOP. People want representatives who mirror their views not some "pie-in-the-sky" socialist agenda where the government controls all aspects of their lives from "womb to tomb".

Future Awards

Since we are now giving out awards (Nobel Peace Prize) for accomplishments not realized I want to accept the next Pulitzer Prize for my writing. This has got to be one of the strangest occurences I can think of in recent memory. Surely just not being George Bush does not qualify one to win the Peace Prize. Maybe the committee was just caught up in the "Rock Star" hype and was trying to bring attention to themselves. Maybe they're hoping the publicity will push their own views to the forefront, Who knows?

Problems

I have been using Google Chrome for awhile now and really was beginning to like it. However lately I have been experiencing some issue with it. For some reason I keep getting and error message about shockwave player crashing. it doesn't do it when you first start browsing but inevitably it will pop up the error message and videos won't play. I've tried updating everything I could think of but still have the problem. And it's not just on one computer but on all three of the computers I use on a regular basis

My current solution is to use the newest version of the Opera browser. It has the "speed dial" option kind of like the Chrome browser but without the crashes. It seems to work extremely well but then again I haven't used it that long. I will so that I am very impressed so far.

'tis the season

Yes!!! Football season is underway! Good old football........ high school, college, or pro.... it's all good!

My personal favorite is college ball, especially the Iowa teams. The Hawkeyes and the Panthers look good but I'm not sure about the Cyclones just yet. They are definitely improved over last year as near as I can tell.

The only bad this about football season is it means winter is just around the corner, but then again it comes anyway.