Month: April 2005

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I looked up Brian. Then Miata. And then of course a bunch of dirty words. 🙂

Started down, still down.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/05: 81

I Tink I’b Got Da Foo

The flu has been making the rounds at work and elsewhere for the last 6 weeks or so. Donna came down with it and after 3 weeks is just now getting near normal. I was so proud of myself because it looked like I was going to dodge it entirely. Ah, not so fast buddy boy. Around last Wednesday I started with a little sore throat in the morning. It never got any worse, so I figured I had it whooped. Tee hee, nope. Yesterday I awoke to body aches and pains and a stuffy head. So far my symptoms have been fairly mild, but I’m congratulating myself on any victories anymore…it could get worse.

Started down, still down.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/05: 81

Monday Morning Mailbag

You know, as it turns out I don’t have anything better to do than maually count the spam…68 Friday, 74 Saturday & 70 Sunday.

Here is another ploy that doesn’t work when trying to get by Postini, really, really long subjects: saloonkeeperradiocarbonsmudgychimneynightshirtacquiescentdogmatic from Robin Gilbert and skylinecortegekiddediscriminablehaitiaforementionedblip from Rene Doty didn’t make it to my inbox.

Anyone who takes the stock advice for an unsolicited email with the subject line of Savvy players wOuld be wise tO |0ad up early or Our h0t picks triple 0n excel|ent b0unce deserves what they get.

So Subdued, It’s Comatose

I didn’t put anymore than the 6 coats I did yesterday on the mirror. When I got up this morning I was tempted to paint it silver and start again, but didn’t. When I held it up to the car in the garage it was definitely Garnet Red, just kind of pebbly and matte and uneven. I decided I should spray some clear coat over the top and see if that helped. Of course I had to run to Autozone and spend another $4.43 on a can of paint. After 4 light coats of clear it cured the matte and unevenness. The texture, I knew, was there to stay.

Re-installed the mirror and looking at it in the garage you can’t even tell. The color is so dark and the angle of the windshield make it look as if nothing was done. Even outside in the daylight, if you didn’t know it was painted, you would never know. Perhaps on a bright day and with the sun at the right angle….I do like subtle mods, but this one is perhaps a little too understated.

I’m not sorry I did it, but this mod would probably be much more noticable on a lighter colored car like, white or silver. Should look real good on the primary colors too, classic red, mariner blue, or a 10AE. Of course if your Miata is black, this mod is already done for you at the factory. 😀

Started up, went down, back up, still up.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/05: 80

Shoulda Primed

When I got home from work I removed the rear view mirror and masked off the front, the day/night tab and the mounting arm. I wiped it off with some alcohol to get rid of my finger grease and sprayed on coat number one.

The cover that is on the Mazdaspeed mirror is nice and smooth and glossy. The stock mirror housing is matte black and has a pebbled finish. I had zero plans of trying to sand it down to smooth, that is way too much work, I’m just want to make it car colored. This paint that came from PaintScratch.com is pretty thin so I knew I’d need a few coats to get the black mirror to look Garnet Red and so far I am up to 5 and it is starting to get there. Probably get one more on tonight and then a couple three in the morning. Hopefully that’ll do it.

I know now that if I do decide to do the brake calipers, I’ll prime them with some silver first…

Started up, went down, back up, still up.
Miata Top Transitions since 01/01/05: 78

Gladiator Porno Movie Star?

I haven’t given a count of my work spam for a while and that is because they have changed to format in which I get the daily spam sandwich from Postini. It used to come in a spiffy html formatted email with the total emails right at the top. Now it is in plain text, and they dropped the email count. I have stupider things to do with my life than to count them, but I usually still glance through all the titles though. There is the miniscule chance there might be some real mail in there, but mostly I enjoy the ways they try and slip through the net. This morning there were at least 6 double emails. The sender, subject and time received were identical, I even went to the Postini site and compared the contents, they were identical too. Did they figure they could fool the filters by sending more than one?

Anyway, my favorite spam email for today was from venebw@telia.com with the subject of Tiberius Erectus – Rock her all night long.