My GTO has hit status code 3800. That means it’s been produced at port — VIN assigned, spoiler installed, final prep done — and it’s now at the Union Pacific railyard waiting to be loaded onto a train. This should be happening within the next day or two, because some of the other [...]

Yep, we’re done with Amazon. Permanently and forever. They can officially kiss off.
Those two Christmas gifts I mentioned in yesterday’s post? The ones I ordered from Amazon? The ones that are taking forever to show up? A bit more light was shed on the situation just now. Amazon has [...]

Couple remarks on various things happening today, this week and during the rest of the month.
The guy who came to look at my Trans Am called up today to ask if the car was still available. He mentioned that he should be getting back to me tomorrow with his decision on whether to buy [...]

Well, I suppose this is what I get for naming my workstation after the queen artificial intelligence bitch gestapo. I’m just getting geared up for work on a client’s site this afternoon — Photoshop is starting, Winamp is playing something groovy and I’m just about to save an email attachment with some notes on my [...]

Had a young guy stop by today to check out the Trans Am. Seems like a real nice fellow. His grandmother came with him and I think she may have been the most talkative person I ever met, but both of them were real pleasant people who were easy to get along with. [...]

GTOs at the Benicia, CA Union Pacific railyard

Although the tracker has not officially been updated, I received word from a fellow GTO buyer (who is also in southwest Florida, ironically) that the ship carrying our 2006 GTOs docked at the California shipyard on Saturday, December [...]

Toshiba 26HF84 in place

Little did I know when I posted about the new TV I was considering buying for the bedroom that it would be sitting in there within a month! Many thanks to my parents who bought Apple and I a Toshiba 26HF84 [...]

Seems like it died decades ago, even though it was only 2002. But already, the car formerly known as the F-body is on its way back.
I snagged the illegally released confidential prototype photos before the shitstorm at GM went into high gear, and the scans started disappearing off websites left and right. (There [...]

How ironic that after yesterday’s post about our homeowner’s association, today the Detroit Free Press ran a great column by Mitch Albom about that very subject which pretty much sums up my feelings completely.
I think Americans have reached the point where they just expect too much out of life, and everyone feels it’s their right [...]

With Christmas approaching, all the IslandWalk neighbors
Decorated their houses with holiday favors.
But woe to all of these unsuspecting old fools
For their homeowners’ assessments were about to come due.
In the mail comes an invoice, one each quarter exactly
For five hundred and change, it says matter-of-factly.
But this [...]