Author Archives: SJ

Dropped the trans from the truck last night, drained the coolant, pulled the hood – should be pulling the old motor out today, then the dog house tomorrow – and then I get to pressure-wash and de-rust EVERYTHING. Also took … Continue reading →

Recap – Monday, drove the truck to my cousin’s place in Jersey Tuesday, drained the motor and transmission oil.  (Transmission oil was burned BAD). Removed the driveshaft. So day 3 of the Chevy build has us pretty much on schedule … Continue reading →

I’m walking around the front of my office when I hear a horn honk.  I look to see an impatient jackass from Mediacom passing 2 cars like an idiot, nearly hitting me, and then he speeds through the stop sign … Continue reading →

Circuit City Orders All Stores To Destroy Issue Of Mad Magazine Parodying “Sucker City” Caught this story via DiGG.  Long and short of it, there was an ad in a copy of MAD Magazine sold at Circuit City which was … Continue reading →

With Mermaid backing me up just in case, I got the pickup down to Jersey on 7 cylinders.  I decided to completely disconnect the spark plug (instead of risking some sort of major mechanical failure).  Still had plenty of power … Continue reading →

Over the course of the past month I’ve been trying to fix a problem which arose in my pickup’s motor.  Basically it runs rough if you put a load on it, to the point of getting some loud clacking noise … Continue reading →

After catching the mostly ignored comments from Obama the other day where he said the best solution for the oil/fuel problem was to ‘fill your tires‘ I could only recall seeing news clips of Carter’s administration where his solution for … Continue reading →

I think it was last week when I started to hear about John Edward’s little problem keeping his lil toad in the correct hole. When it first broke, there was a little mention on my vast right-wing conspiracy talk radio … Continue reading →

A few months back I got a new neighbor at my apartment complex.  Total raving drunk.  Drives drunk all the time.  Walks around drunk all the time.  I won’t give them the respect to call them an alcoholic. Anyhow, first … Continue reading →

When you’re driving, and come up on a traffic stop – do you speed up and try to go around the officer while he’s walking to or from his car? If you come up on a DWI checkpoint, do you … Continue reading →