Month: March 2005

Wishing Wheels III

Rspeed has produced some new “vintage” wheels called Chaparral 15s that looked like a winner, until they weighed them, 15.5 pounds. Hard to want to add 2 more pounds of unsprung weight back onto each corner. To top it off they also don’t directly clear the larger brakes on the 2001+ Miatas. It can be done, but you have to add a 3 mm spacer behind the wheels. Too bad as they would look killer on the car. For comparison, first the OEM wheels:

OEM 15

Now the Chaparrals in black with a polished lip:

Onyx Chaparral 15s

We made it to work this morning with the top down, but put it up because there was an 80% chance of rain. They were 100% right, it started around 10 and rained most of the day. At 4 o’clock when we left it had stopped. We got in the car and dropped the top for the drive home. Halfway out of the parking lot the rained started back up, so as we crept towards the exit I put it back up. It was a nice try…

Started down, went up, back down, back up, still up.
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Yeee Haw!

Two cowboys are out on the range talking about their favorite sex positions.

One says, “I think I enjoy the rodeo position the best.”

“I don’t think I have ever heard of that one”, says the other cowboy. “What is it?”

“Well, it’s where you get your girlfriend down on all fours and you mount her from behind, and you reach around and cup each of her breasts in your hands, and then you whisper in her ear, ‘These feel just a little smaller than your sister’s’ … then you try to hold on for eight seconds.”

If You Blinked You Mised It

The Bravo-esque entry blocks are gone. Back to good ol’ rounded corners on all four. I think the look was kind of cute and reserve the right to use it somewhere at a future date. Maybe for comments…

I’m drawing a blank for for today’s Lens Day word of “Diversity.” Plus tomorrow’s theme for the Thursday Challenge is “Food” and I don’t know what I’ll use for it either (and I’ve known about it since last Thursday.) I can see hundreds of food photographs, but none I think I can do justice to nor any I want to shoot. 🙁

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Started down, went up, went down, still down.
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Tuesday Already?

This week is flying by! 😉

A spray can of Garnet Red paint was on my doorstep after work tonight. Now let’s see if I can remove the mirror from the windsheild without breaking either one. At least two of the half dozen threads I read on Miata.net mentioned breaking the windsheild. 😯

Started up, went down, still down.
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Only Because I Can…

…and probably for only a little while, I am making good on this threat.

Started up, went down, went up, still up.
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Bradford Pear Trees

Well, I’ve gone and done it again. Last year after taking this photo I told myself I would get a nicer picture this year. Trouble is that after the blooms disappear I can’t tell a Bradford pear tree from any other tree, so figuring out a photo spot way in advance can’t be done. This year when the trees started blooming I kept my eye out as I drove for a row of them with a nice enough background. Never saw one I really liked, so I never did take a new picture. The Bradfords are all starting to go green now and wouldn’t you know it, I think I stumbled on a place that fits the bill. Note to self: for blooming Bradford pear trees picture, try entrance road to Aiken Regional Medical Center.

Started down, went up, still up.
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Always Hoped That I’d Be An Apostle

Knew that I would make it if I tried.
Then when we retire, we can write the Gospels,
So they’ll still talk about us when we’ve died.

Yesterday evening Donna wanted a nap, so I queued up the DVD of Jesus Christ Superstar and kept the sound down low. I really like this movie. I’m not sure if it just that I’m a child of the early 70’s and that is the style of music of my youth or is it because I saw a Broadway production of the play on a high school field trip and had great time in NYC, in spite of being left behind. Or maybe it is because we get the whole Jesus fable neatly wrapped up in an hour and 45 minutes.

Today on TCM I stumbled on the last 40 minutes of King of Kings and stayed. It was pretty fun to compare this 1961 “serious” take to the more irreverent JCSS telling of the same story.