I just wanna say one thing first….

I HAVE MY STAR WARS TICKETS FOR THE 7:30 SHOW TOMORROW NIGHT! I’M MORE GEEK THAN YOU ARE!! NEENER-NEENER-NEENER!!

Well… I’m glad I got that out of the way. And now, to the real deal:

About 4 posts ago I told you that I had ordered new pipes for my bike.

They came today.

I inspected them at the dealer, making sure that the chrome was good and there were no obvious defects, then raced home to install them.

The instructions were vague at best, but I managed to get all but one on after a couple of hours of messing around (I’m a computer engineer… not a mechanic, damn it!). It was when I went to slip on the last pipe that I noticed a problem… they didn’t come with gaskets.

“No problem” I thought to myself, “I’ll just call the dealer and get some”.

Riiiiiiight.

For those who havn’t ever had the pleasure of dealing with a motorcycle dealer, let me enlighten you:

Generally… they stock nothing and employ people that used car lots won’t touch.

After calling every dealer in the Spokane area (as well as northern Idaho), I knew I was defeated on the “quick fix” approach and resigned myself to the fact that I was going to have to order them. At the low, low price of $17.99 each (and I need 4), it will take me another $77.79 and a week to 10 days to get them. I pulled out my credit card and read the numbers like the sheep I am.

The old pipes are back on so at least I can still go for a ride if I desire… so life is still good.

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Today was the day to search the stock xchnge (a very cool source of royalty free images for non commercial use). I pulled down 7 more images for the header… all of which are very cool.

Oh… and a special thanks to Stephen at pixinstock.com for allowing me to use one of his images (the cigarette machine).

Next on my list of things to do: Trash Calvin’s cubicle!

One of the guys I work with, Calvin, is having a birthday. It is one of those that includes a “0” on the end. So… I got black wrapping paper, balloons, etc to nail his cube with. Should be fun!

I’ve just upgraded to the latest, greatest build of wordpress. Hopefully I haven’t messed things up.

Take a look, poke around, and if you find a problem, email me at:
bio at pixelthugs dot com (you can figure out how that works)

Hopefully, this will fix a few issues I’ve been having (there are about 170 bug fixes in the new version).

I must be getting old.

We went to the arena last night for a concert. I don’t remember who the opening act was (they were damn good though), but Loverboy was the headliner.

To be fair… when they came on stage, I had a hard time controlling myself. I busted up laughing. Time is a fickle beast, generous to some, and cruel to others. Loverboy seems to have been on time’s shit list.

The lead singer had gained more than a couple pounds (though I understand that he’s lost a ton of weight), and everyone with the exception of the drummer had gray hair. Not the picture I had in my head by any means.

Then they kicked off with “Working for the weekend” and I was amazed. They may have aged dramatically, but they were musically tight as hell and the lead singer (Mike Reno) definitely hasn’t lost his voice. They sounded as good today as they did 25 years ago.

The set was pretty much a recap of their height of popularity, with all the greatest hits. They also played one new song right before they closed out with “Lovin’ Every Minute of it”.

It was loud, I laughed, but I also had a good time (though not as good a time as the sweaty mullet wearing man in front of us… he danced hard for the whole concert!).