We have a lot of books. Most of them are labeled and organized by Library of Congress numbers. Here’s rare books and A – J or general works through political science (and some beer/mead storage) upstairs: Opposite are records and more beverage storage: The downstairs bedroom holds CDs and K – P or law through literature: Here’s the rest of the books in the bedroom, PS or American literature: (Also some of the books that haven’t been labeled yet.) The collection ends in Q – X or science through information resources, along with oversized books. The last column except for the last…
I got the bike back to the garage and started taking things apart. I ordered some tools, and to save on shipping, cam chain and slipper tensioner at the same time, since I know I want to change that. So here’s the first $200: Here she is before I start pulling everything apart: I drained what oil was left in the crankcase. Not much: After 3 hours on Friday evening, I’d taken more apart than I ever had before, but still had a lot to go. You guys were right, and it was definitely the clutch pushrod seal. I think…
Spring is sluggish where I live, but I’ve been checking the weather every day, trying to scope out when I might get to ride a motorcycle to work. Given that I live at 9,200 feet in Colorado and my work is 45 miles away, the opportunities are not as plentiful as they might be for some folks. A couple of weeks ago, I aired up the tires in both motorcycles, started them up and rode them around the neighborhood. I’ve gotten in a couple of rides to work on the CB1100 this month, both days where the temperature was 33F…
While listening to “Freedom Fries” (Ep. 545), I realized that I’d sinned an enormous sin of omission by not having written in before. Had I known that there was anyone who disliked the voices of Chana Joffe-Walt, Miki Meek, or Alix Spiegel, I would have immediately voiced my support for these very voices. I’ve been listening to This American Life since the late ’90s, and these voices have been comforting to me. It would never have occurred to me to write in to proclaim the virtues of female vocal fry along with all the other positive qualities of the voices…
And their toilets don’t work for crap. That is all.