Although I figured they wouldn’t even be open today, I received a call this morning from the shop that’s been working on KITT for the last few weeks. Apparently they’re all finished with everything. They just need the catalytic converters I ordered so they can finish up the exhaust system. But everything [...]

If you read my scathing rant last night about a particularly screwed up work assignment, I have an update for you. I spoke to one of the other account managers—one who is consistently much more responsible about her job—this morning and told her of my troubles. She was able to get into the [...]

I am angry beyond words. Enraged. Livid. We’re talking a real “KHAAAAAN” moment.
This afternoon, at 4:30, I received an email from one of the bazillion employees who are currently out of the office enjoying a few extra days of Thanksgiving vacation. It was from one of our account managers, the person [...]

That’s how long it has taken my morning to disintegrate completely from “Today’s gonna be a good day!” to “Please, if thou be merciful, put a bullet through my head.” Yeeeeeeah.
Well, at least I can say this: This disgusting morning was prefaced by one of the best weekends I’ve had in a [...]

First of all, I’d like to welcome Don Peake—composer of Knight Rider’s musical score—to the Oddball Update! I received an email from Don last night reagarding his new album—it is now available for general purchase from Hitchcock Media. If you’ve always been a fan of the show’s rocking score like I have, you [...]

<shuffles papers> I’ve just been handed this official report regarding the state of the Formula, and the repairs it’s going to need. I’ll now read you the contents of that report, because I’m a dork.
Brakes are toast!
The entire braking system on the car has basically been shot to hell and back, and then [...]

It seems the infamous lurker issue still exists. While the verbiage on the “users online” bar is certainly more pleasant, the fact remains that when you first arrive at the site, regardless of your status, the system will erroneously increment the “lurker” count an extra time. Which means if you’re logged in, you’ll [...]

I said Babbleage, not Babbages, hear? Anyway, welcome to Oddball. Over the last few days my wife has been telling me that every time she comes to this site, there are lurkers showing up on the user bar at the bottom of the page. At first I just thought I was getting [...]

KITT is in the shop! We dropped him off about an hour ago. In the process of getting all the way downtown to where the shop is, I came up with a solution to the strange “mystery smoke” and “burning odor” riddle that surfaced during my last couple of rides. The answer [...]

After replaying the last few minutes of the original Halo and watching the closing cutscene again, I’ve made my decision: I’m going to the midnight sale to pick up the sequel. I will probably not, however, play any of the game tonight after I get home—but I’ll most likely get up early and pop [...]