Not Necessarily Interesting News

We have sold our Isuzu Amigo. It was a great little car but it was time to go. We had many good times in the old girl. Trips to Lake Powell. Camping in the mountains. Fishing trips. Driving down the coast of California. We hate to see the old girl go after 12 years and nearly 120,000 miles of good service but it was time. We needed to make room for a replacement.
This past weekend we picked up a 1994 Land Rover Defender 90 in Houston. It’s big. It’s ugly. It’s slow. It’s noisy. It’s everything a good 4×4 should be. I’ve been wanting one for quite a while and finally found one I could afford. Land Rover imported them for only 3 years(’94/’95, and ’97). In that time they only imported 6500 of the beauties. Mine is #491 of 3158 in its production run. She’s gonna need a bit of work to get into shape but I can do a lot of that work myself and with the help of friends. It is fairly close to original, meaning it needs a bit of work to get up to snuff. I’ve already gotten her stuck while offroading. I think one of my first investments is gonna be in some ARB air-lockers to prevent that. I also plan on adding armor plating to the fenders, a bikini top, and possibly a snorkel for fording rivers.

I’ve been looking on and off the past several weeks for a new ride. I like my Explorer enough but it’s not me. I got it for work to transport customers. That gig is starting to wind down so now I’m looking to buy something I want instead of need. I’ve always wanted a capable offroader. A friend of mine loaned me his Land Rover Defender 90 a few weeks ago and I really liked it so that’s what I’ve been looking for. Today I saw an advert for a Defender 130, which is basically a D90 on steroids. It’s in the Bay Area so I’m trying to get a friend over to look at it for me. It’s got everything _and_ the kitchen sink.

found a site that features stills from movies…lots of movies. Go check it out. See if your favorite movie has a few photos there.
I see the website’s author recommends my favorite movie theater also, The Alamo Drafthouse. I guess he must be a local.

This weekend I managed to get some time to watch the Great Outdoor Games. I love watching this stuff. My favorites are the shooting sports and the Retriever competitions. The Big Air Competions are fun to watch. Those dogs really want to get that toy and jump a long way to get it. The Retriever Trials are also quite interesting. I have a Black Lab that gets lost fetching a tennis ball in the backyard. I can only dream that he’d be smart enough to compete in that.

One of my favorite stretches of highway in the US is getting a number change. US666, a.k.a. The Devil’s Highway, makes some people uneasy so the states of New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah asked for a new designation. Once that was announced, people decided they’d better get a sign while they could and started ripping down all the signs along the highway.

This is one of my favorite sections of highway because it is the last road I use to get from Texas to Southern Utah, my favorite natural playground.

I know a mammogram is something women need to get on a regular basis. I’ve also heard it is an uncomfortable experience. The Internet Mammogram promises to change all that. For absolutely nothing this site will scan your knockers to see if there might be a problem.

Went to the Orthopaedic Surgeon yesterday about my knee. I injured it about 10 years ago playing softball and had arthroscopic sugery then. It’s been bothering me now for the last year and a 1/2. The doc took my lower leg and started in twisting and turning. When doing one twist I jumped back in pain. He says ‘did that hurt?’ ‘No, doc, that felt wonderful. Don’t do it again.’ So what’s he do? He turns it the other way getting the same response from me then turns it back. I said ‘Yep, that still hurts’. After a few more twists and turns he says he suspects a torn meniscus but x-rays can’t show soft-tissue damage. I go in for an MRI next week. Possible surgery a week or two later depending on the results. I’m fairly sure it’ll be surgery for me. The damn thing aches all the time.

I’ve been listening a lot lately to Kasey
Chambers. One of her songs was on
The Sopranos – Peppers and Eggs CDs. I really liked it and looked her up on Apple’s iTunes. Sure enough, there she was. I bought
The Captain and will probably go buy Barricades & Brickwalls tonite since the full album wasn’t available on iTunes.(I hate that. Why not offer the whole album?) Her music is kind of a cross between rock and country. It really grew on me.

Paintguns? Check.
Camoflauge? Check.
Ammo? Check.
Naked chicks to shoot at? Check.

Looks like the newest craze in Las Vegas is going out to the desert with a paintball gun and ‘hunting’ naked women. Um, sure. Why again? I mean, I understand anything to see a naked chick but, c’mon, $10,000? Why not spend $100 to play paintball against people that shoot back and save the rest for the strip club? You can get a shitload of lapdances for $10K. Or, why not take that $10k and head out to one of Nevada’s fine brothels?

Story says that the girls get paid $2500 if they can keep from getting shot or $1000 if they do get hit. Hell, sign me up! For $1000 I’ll run around naked in the desert and let some bubba shoot me in the ass with a paintgun.

Edit: 2003-08-01
Yeah, it ended up being fake…it’s amazing what folks will believe. Me included. I did get to see the news story before it was pulled off the Net. It sure looked semi-legit to me.

My new tattoo is at that itchy point right now. I’m religiously applying skin lotion to it to help it heal faster. I’m quite happy with it. It never got to the scabby, scaly point like I’ve heard other people say it does. It is now almost completely healed. As far as the actual tattooing, it didn’t hurt at all. Felt kinda like someone dragging a fingernail across your skin kinda hard. If you are ever in the market for one, I recommend Jon Reed @ Atomic Tattoos here in Austin. He did a great job and was very professional. He even helped a bit with the design to get exactly what I wanted.