Growing up is more often about taking the instructions and helpful guidance you are given as a child and turning it into a set of standards on which you can base your own adult decisions, than simply obeying a command because you were instructed to do so.
…with Cash For Clunkers.
I really thought I liked the idea until I watched this video.
That car doesn’t look old enough to participate in the program to me, and it seems like instead of taking old beat up buckets of bolts off the road, they’re taking decent used cars that people could either use or scavenge parts off of. I realize that this whole program is designed to ‘stimulate’ the business of selling new cars. However, I can’t help but feel that they are ruining the business of affordable cars for young or disadvantaged people who can’t afford a new vehicle, even with CFC rebates and other discounts. On top of making affordable cars harder to access, they are ruining plenty of parts that could be used to maintain older cars, or repurposed by enthusiasts.
I’m not buying into the environmental angle either. PLEASE! Watch that video and tell me if you think standing by with a fire extinguisher putting out engine fires is promoting environmentalism.
When this program was promoted by similar legislation in other countries it sure looked like people were turning in clunkers, not perfectly good, running Volvos that were obviously FAR from being worn out.
What a joke.
Alright, I’ve been slacking. There is no way around that.
I’ve got a lot of free time on my hands now (anyone have a job for me?), so I’ve been working on my home theatre in my room. I’ve had a spare Optoma HD70 sitting around forever that I picked up off of eBay for $200, and it has been in need of a bulb for a while now.
I finally procured one ($243), along with a Logitech Harmony 880 remote ($90), a mount ($15), 3 yards of blackout cloth ($20), and three yards of mid-grade velvet ($36). Tomorrow, I plan to pick of some wood and ‘L’ brackets to complete the screen. The mount should be in tomorrow, and up it goes on the ceiling.
Will try and keep things more updated!
I always remember after I complete a project that I would like to have some before/after photos. WTF?
Either way my room is clean.
I’m headed off to Chelan tonight after work. I will come back with a tan, smelling of camp fire, and with a few pictures I am sure.
I will miss you Katy 
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Scrap is in pretty poor shape at the moment. He has been brutalized and vandalized within an inch of his life, but I am happy to report that the wheels are in motion to start getting him fixed. I’m going to be posting a new page for him, where I will list off all the work he needs, it may actually turn into a maintenance log of sorts. Who knows? Regardless, he has an appointment with Motorsport in Port Townsend on Wednesday, and we’ll see why he’s consuming so much oil and blowing so much smoke. Then its time for a tune.
Then its time to stop spending money on my damn car.
I love summer. Hello, my name is Ezra, and I am an addict.
I plan to:
Anyone else have ideas?
Every once in a while, I like to find songs that make me sad, or that tell a sad story. Nothing masochistic, just like to expose myself to the full gamut of emotion, and I love powerful stories.
Without further ado, here is my list:
Lightning / Eric Church
Anthem of Our Dying Day / Story of The Year
Point/Counterpoint / Streetlight Manifesto
Whiskey Lullaby / Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley
Brick / Ben Folds Five
Thunder / Boys Like Girls (the acoustic version is the best)
*sigh* This took me far too long to assemble, so hopefully I will add some more to it later on.
Do you have anything? Point if you can make me cry, haha
I’m sick again. I think I got it from a baby…