This is when I started my ride home tonight. Roughly 10 miles from where I live. Notice it’s light out here.

And a little later a little darker a little snowier..

After being stuck and pushed out of 2 snow banks after a 2 1/2 hour trip that usually takes less than 14 minutes. Notice it’s a lot darker.

Trip time 2 hours 45 minutes, Distance 10 miles

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And last night. From Basement Flood Feb 11-08

And this morning..After the water was pumped out.

Stuck Again Feb. 7-08. From More Snowy Winter Pictures From Michigan

New Years Day. From If You Don’t Like The Weather, Just Wait

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So when I got home today I found our water was out. Apparently, there’s supposed to be a heating unit for our pipes. It’s about -3° outside right now. Hence the need.

Boy you really have to love renting an historic home. Below are a few shots of what I ran into around 8:30 when I went down to see how the heater was doing.

Yes that’s about 6-8 inches of rising water…and yes those are electric cords plugged in all over the place.

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Just a few shots from a road trip I took this weekend. I traveled from Auburn Hills to Grand Rapids on Friday. Got stuck over-night in GR due to a snow storm. Then drove another 2 1/2 hours North to Traverse City through another snow storm to hang out in -8° windy winter weather. It was actually a lot more fun than it sounds. Here’s a few pics from the road.

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Once upon a time I had a job as a Flash Programmer /Designer. I made these movies back in 2005 while on a brief hiatus from work. I forgot I had them until today when I was going through some old archives and figured I’d post them here. Drag the toggle bar at the bottom of each photo to spin them 360º. Enjoy.

Asylum Lake, Kalamazoo MI Winter 2005

Asylum Lake, Kalamazoo MI Winter 2005

Orion Oaks, Lake Orion, MI Winter 2005

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Random Flickr photos from my account.

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Make your very own Simpson character here. I heard about this last night while watching the Simpson’s marathon, but they were talking up Simpsonize Me which is still off-line this morning.

The Finished Product

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I’m trying out the whole Meme theory as it is pretty popular amongst folks in the blogosphere. I haven’t deduced why just yet, but I figured this would be as good as reason as any to give it a shot.

I’m not sure if memes are for better keyword saturation or if they’re just a way of developing custom content for your website.

From Wikipedia:

Meme - a unit of cultural information, cultural evolution or diffusion — propagates from one mind to another analogously to the way in which a gene propagates from one organism to another as a unit of genetic information and of biological evolution. Multiple memes may propagate as cooperative groups called memeplexes (meme complexes). more >>

So without further a’due let’s start off with a Meme I recently snagged. I got the following meme from 2K Bloggers and it goes a little something like this.

12 Questions Meme

1. What makes your blog unique?
I blog from the designer/ coder/ geek/ mountain biker/ disc golfer perspective. I haven’t seen a blog quite like it yet. I update content all the time and am constantly adding new and interesting media.

2. When did you start blogging?
I started blogging about 6 years ago when I was living in Hollywood, CA. My first blog platform was Blogger.

3. Is this your first meme?
Yes this is my first meme. I wasn’t quite sure what benefits a meme might provide so I decided to run a social experiment.

4. What do you hope to accomplish with your blog?
I hope to eventually develop an active group of users. Currently and up in till now I’ve been working on my traffic which has been on the up and up since I started this blog.

5. What are your feelings on the “blog popularity” issue?
Much like page rank I think people place too much importance on the popularity of their blogs. I think you can get a lot further with good solid content.

6. What’s your favorite childhood memory?
Sand Dunes at Big Bear state park shortly after the summer break started.

7. If you were stranded on a deserted island what three things would you want to have with you?
1. A woman
2. A Swiss Army Knife
3. A bottom less bottle of Bacardi

8. Are you a spiritual person?
I wouldn’t say so. I was raised Catholic and have been confirmed in the church, but personally I don’t consider myself that spiritual of a person.

9. Do your moral values affect the way that you blog, and if yes, how?
I wouldn’t say so. I would say that I feel strongly about freedom of speech. I don’t feel like there’s anything that should be considered taboo. So I suppose in that sense my moral’s affect me.

10. What is the weirdest thing that ever happened to you?
I’ll have to really think about this one. I’ll respond to this later.

11. What is your best quality?
I have great hair.

12. What is your worst quality?
I wake up too early.

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This is my idea of a dream bike. I’m not a huge fan of the crotch rockets, but this baby right here is a fine hybrid of a touring bike/ crotch rocket that I could get behind..or rather on top of. Ofcourse, you can’t beat the classic Triumph either, but this is a fine marriage of function and fashion. Damn what a sharp ride.

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