A Salute to Heroes… Kind… of…
Me and Girlface went to the San Diego County Fair.
Turns out their “salute to heroes” is getting them in the door and overcharging for everything. Oh, and there was a planter with a plaque that said “thank you”.
July 5, 2007
June 20, 2007
Strange mix
Problem: Girlfriend leaves early in the morning, keeps hitting snooze button, snooze button goes off five minutes after she leaves, wakes me up, eventually.
- Geek response
- Eventually wake up. Turn off alarm clock. Drink a beer, go back to sleep.
- Marine response
- Tear alarm clock out of wall. Remove wall from building. Remove building. Remove surrounding block. Drink sole surviving local bar dry, go back to sleep.
- Geek Marine response
- Rewire alarm clock to replace snooze functionality with phone call to pager number of local drill instructor. Drink six local bars dry, go back to sleep.
I took the middle ground and simply removed the contacts on the snooze button.
June 15, 2007
Stupids!
My car failed smog. :-(
So, that’s $50 down the tubes, plus repair costs (PC Load Letter EGR valve? wtf is an EGR valve?).
At least I got $10 off the smog (and a fix-it ticket, instead of a “you are now screwed” ticket, from the officer who pulled me over).
