I haven't posted in a while.  I'm being lazy.  At least I'm being lazy around here.  In the shop however, I've made quite the shit ton of progress.  One of the 4x4 club members has been making extensive use of my shop recently as well, and I've used it as an opportunity to get some practice…Read more Some minor updates

I got to go down to Phoenix this weekend to see the NASCAR race.  It was a great race with a lot of drama, and the typical NASCAR fare.  I really don't want to play it down, this was an epic weekend; an eliminator race, taking place right after the "Keselowski Incident".  But the race…Read more My Memory Lane is covered in tire marks

Inspired by my entry into the blogosphere, my ladyfriend decided to start a blog, and in just a few weeks has already surpassed this little site in both posts and subscriptions.  So, I suppose it's time to really get busy.  I'm gonna try to post weekly, but that doesn't seem like a sustainable model.  We'll…Read more Lighting Fires and Kicking Tires

I do not have cable television. As such, I'm usually spared the horror that is prime time advertising.  But every once in a while, I happen to catch a snippet while at a friend's house or at the pub or whatever.  Today's rant is brought to you by our colleagues at Volkswagen.  I recently caught…Read more “We’re changing the oil!?”

In the interest of getting over the "First Post hump", here's the story of my first upgrade install on  a car. When I was about 4 years old, I got one of those Bigfoot PowerWheels trucks, like this: Well, more like this, really: I LOVED that truck.  To this day, I still swear that the…Read more Genesis