Monthly Archive for April, 2009

Mundane Life Experience #35,467: Chronicled Online via Bullet-Points for the Benefit of my Two Followers

As no one will ever read my blog, I might as well talk about my thrilling exploits this day.In order to make it more exciting, I will employ the favored device of corporate analysis at high-levels: the bullet-point.

I went to get a haircut today while I had the oil changed in my vehicle. It was also inspected to discern the unsettling rattle and squeak emanating from its undercarriage that had begun early last week.

The problem:

  • An exhaust heat shield had become partially unbolted due to rusting (it is an older vehicle, after all).
The solution:
  • Cut the shit off (this was their genius idea)
I was told that the risk from this removal is that if I happen to do some task that super-heats my exhaust such as racing people in my car (as oft occurs, BTW), and I happen to park on top of dry grass, the heat from the exhaust may ignite the grass on fire. This has created a new driving strategy:
  1. Don’t race people or allow my exhaust to become super-heated
  2. If I do allow my exhaust to become super-heated, do not park over combustible material
My hair was cut while waiting for my car to be fixed… here is a picture of the fine results (post nap, unbrushed and generally disheveled)


Unbrushed Hair… Although it is Cut, originally uploaded by pressuretobear.

By the way, the red blotch on my forehead is due to my lack of grace leading to a rugburn on my head. I figure I should capture this at least once in order to remind myself at times when I have an over-inflated sense of value and self-worth that I am, at the core, a dumbass.

This picture provides me with three key takeaways (other than I should not have taken it):

  1. You should look at your backdrop prior to taking a picture and posting it online.
  2. I need to tidy my bathroom
  3. I should crop pictures of myself so that my grotesque body shape is either obscured or absent.

It is sad that I have a tag of “auto repair” that I have used numerous times on this site.

Frickin’ SWEET Batmobile!

I own this space on the web for at least another couple years… I might as well use it for something.

I was looking for DC Universe Classics Action figures (perhaps my current favorites) at the Toys R Us near my work, and, while the employee was looking in the back, I came across this die-cast Hot Wheel Batmobile.

Admittedly, I had seen it in some toy magazine or online, but it was far too much to resist in the flesh. The only thing that would make it cooler is if it had scale Burt Ward and Adam West action figures along with it… and maybe lights and sounds. Since it is made by Hot Wheels, all I can really expect is a solidly made vehicle though…

It is a solidly made vehicle, die-cast metal with authentic styling touches. It is a good foot long and probably weighs just over a pound. I am going to put it on my TV stand and forget about it.

Obama is Meeting With my Grandma!

As people become older, they all begin to look the same… That being said, the resemblance in this picture is uncanny.