Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is being released on DVD in March! This is one of my favorite movies.
Here is the IMdb Link.
I pre-ordered it today at Deep Discount DVD. I think I’ll give it to Liz as a birthday gift.
Damned van – part 3
Well we went out to the shop last night and I decided to see if I could fault the ABS before we drove it home.
So I backed out of the parking spot, ran it up to about 20 MPH and locked up the brakes.
ABS fault! Whooo-hoo!
So I went back into the shop and got the service manager. We went back out to the van and when I started it again the ABS light stayed on.
Needless to say, we left the van there for them to look at.
The service manager told me that he had repeatedly done the same thing I did trying to fault the ABS and it never would do it for him.
I guess the van just knows that I hates it, I does.
Model Railroading again!
Ever since I was a kid I have loved trains. Particularly steam engines and mainly Great Northern equipment. Probably because the GN line runs through Glacier Park – my favorite place.
I had a monster layout in my room as a teenager, but it was never finished and I don’t think I ever ran a train on it. My friends tore it down one summer while I was in Montana. Hmm…
Ever since then I have been “armchair rail roading” – mostly collecting rolling stock kits and structure kits. I was building them occasionally, but had no where to run them.
But now… I think I’m going to start building a model railroad in the attic. The wife has approved it and I think I have almost everything that I need.
I hope to be able to involve the kids in this venture too.
I’ll be tracking progress here: http://timf.anansi-web.com/trains/
Damned Van – part 2
Well, the people at the dealer say they can’t get the ABS to fail in my stupid van, so I guess I get to go get it and then drive it around until it fails again.
Gah.
No GS
Oh yeah, I didn’t win the GS either (no surprise.)
Ah well.
God damned van
On Wednesday we took the van into the shop again to get the ABS fixed again.
A little background: The ABS pump in our van has a recall on it. But they don’t install a redesigned pump, they just install another one. This pump failed on our way back from Montana last summer. We had it replaced under recall (for free.) Then it failed again. They replaced it again. Now it is acting up again.
So anyway, the shop has had the van since Wednesday (when we had an appointment.) When I called them on Thursday they were waiting for a part. There wasn’t one in the state. Hmm.. They were closed on Friday.
Now it’s Monday afternoon and I call to see what’s up.
Now they are telling me that they are not going to fix it since there are “no active faults” in the computer.
WTF? The damned ABS lights have come on at least twice that I can recall. This is a safety issue too. When the pump fails the brakes are really hard. There is no power assist when this happens. This damned van weighs 4300 lbs and is really hard to stop with no power assist.
I am now waiting for the service manager to call me. Arrrggghhhh.
Village Idiots Bike Giveaway
I run the mailing list for a group of motorcycling idiots called The Village Idiots.
Supposedly two of them have come across a 2004 BMW GS Adventure with no cost to them and are giving it away.
Here is the email they sent:
> So, here is the scoop. The bike is going to go to an Idiot. Any
> Idiot who is interested in having the bike can enter the giveaway
> with a written statement containing more than 25 words, butt less
> than 50 words. Other than the number of words, the content is up to
> the entrant, butt the title of the post must contain the words “Bike
> Giveaway.” The statement must be posted to the Village Idiot list
> before midnight Christmas Day. There is no limit on the number of
> entries. Possession and maybe title of the bike will go to the Idiot
> chosen by me and Magwa at our sole and unfettered discretion, without
> regard to any objective or logical criteria. Magwa and I are not
> eligible. No relatives of me or Magwa are eligible. No employees of
> Valley Independent Bank, First & Alluvial Partnership, Academy
> Lending, Realty Property Management or me are eligible. No
> Republicans are eligible. The bike may or may not come with title,
> butt I’ve heard on television that possession is 9 tenths of the law
> and it cannot be disputed that you cannot ride a title.
So… I entered (of course) with the following two limericks and then some haiku:
—–
There were two Idiots named Magwa and Fronch
Who came upon a stray GS by chance
Butt from where, no one knows
And so to give it away they chose
With no title and uncertain provenance.
—–
There once were two Idiots from Coursegold
Who obtained a BMW, not very old
They hatched a scheme to unload it
By having us write complete bullshit
Fuck it, I can’t rhyme, just give it to me
—–
Freezing rain today
No GS in my garage
My heart is heavy
On Christmas evening
Two Idiots will decide
Oh capricious whim
Winter time sets in
A new GS to hope for
Choose well, Idiots
Riding in the spring
The Lost Coast is calling me
A new bay-em-vay?
—–
Hope I win.
Freezing rain
Woke up this morning to a nice sizzling noise. Sounded like someone frying bacon outside. (mmmm…. bacon)
But of course it wasn’t bacon. It was freezing rain. What a lovely thing to have during the morning rush hour.
My drive in sucked. As soon as I pulled out of the garage my windshield iced up. I had to pull over and scrape it after a few blocks. The defroster was on super-roast and still it was icing up.
Needless to say, I stayed off the freeway. Took my alternate city-streets route in to work.
Tell me again why I live in this state?
Christmas V1.0
We had my wife’s side of the family over to do Christmas last night. I cooked a 15 lb turkey with stuffing and mashed potatoes. Nummy.
It was a nice time. The kids got a few nice things and we generally had a pleasent evening.
On Christmas day my side of the family will be going to my sister’s house in Afton. That should be a good time too.
argh
So this morning an associate producer comes over with an email issue. Some emails appear to be getting delivered to the wrong mail boxes.
Her documentation is all hearsay and the stuff I look at doesn’t indicate that there is an issue. I can’t see any misconfiguration.
So, because I can’t see it after about 15 minutes, she goes to the CTO (since I’m obviously not doing what she wants.) WTF?
Anyway, it’s going to become the other email guy’s problem when he gets in.
Goog.