Monthly Archives: April 2007

I work pretty close to a place called Friendly Car Care (9110 Burnet Rd) in Austin. Last week I got my oil changed there, and when I went to pick my car up, they said it needed some repairs. I knew it was overdue for a few things (e.g., it has over 100,000 miles on […]

There’s a new gallery with photos of Kaeta from Easter here.

Something unheard-of is happening right now in Central Texas this Holy Saturday evening…. it is sleeting. Sometimes, if Easter happens to fall in late March, we might get a cold front that comes through that cools it off into the upper 50s. But in April? Cold enough for sleet?? Kaeta had her first Easter egg […]

So I just filed my taxes with Turbo Tax, and when you’re done, there’s a link to The Tax Rap. It’s a contest to make the best rap video about taxes, and the winner will be announced by Vanilla Ice. WHAT??? Anyway, I watched a few of the videos, and this one made me laugh. […]

Today, I filled up my gas tank. I have driven 99.5 miles farther than I am able to drive on an average tank in the same conditions. A few weeks ago, I read this article about hypermiling, in which people go to insane lengths to squeeze the best possible gas mileage out of their cars. […]