as is 1 front cover - color

as is 1 front cover - color

As Is #1 front cover scanned from originals. for true feel print out in black and white. circa 1986. 8.5 x 5.5 and no margins or gutters to speak of. and photocopiers are not known for doing full bleeds.

omf"b" these sux0rs so bad. at least things did get a little better (thanks to all) but considering the ages knowledge and tools available at the time...nope it still sucks goat ass.

as is 2 front cover - color

why did you not talk to me why didnt you help me prepare for the nightmare

my mother and i tore apart my care and replaced the valve cover gasket. now my car doesnt go. its fixable but after sitting beside the highway in 20* weather i just really want to deal with it for a while. or anything else for that matter. it was bad enough that i had to order the gasket off ebay to get a descent price and get it in time. when i called around about it i was told 5-10 business days at $40-$60 plus freight. so i got one off ebay for $21. not the prefered method for getting car parts but apparently when you drive a daewoo (or have one parked in your driveway) you dont really have a whole lot of options. i still need to do the plugs and wires since when i pulled the wires (all of them. at. the. same. time. has to be done to do this job.) the boots on them were nice little depth guages for the oils pooled there. normally i would just go out and get them but lets just pretend for a minute that i can do that with any part for my car. @!@!@!@XXX###XXX!@!@!@!@. at least i got the vacuum leak on the pandys car fixed before doing this. and by leak i mean the hose was pretty much completely shot to shit. so now i have a paper weight of sorts. estimates on repair are $30 to $3000. a couple of oil changes might fix it. or it might mean a complete engine rebuild.

since i was already pissed off and frustrated to the nth degree i decided that to get my mind off of it i would work on cloning my primary hard drive. cloning a partitioned 200g hard drive to a 500g sata drive connected via usb cable. oh and lets not forget that that not all of the partitions are of the same file system. of course i was trying to do the impossible and do it while actually using the drive. just like taking a picture of a moving object. that didnt work. then i had to try several different pieces of software to find one that would do the job. hours and hours of entertainment. i also had a very real fear of running out of drive letters while doing this. and doing this took me all the way to v:. i still havent gotten the nerve to swap the drives out and do the full test. at which time i also have to put in my new burner. this whole project has been waiting for attention since june so i think it can wait a few days to be completed.

now would probably be a good time for breaking rocks for my rock garden. hella good stress reliever and layer one is pretty close to conpletion. if i can get this phase done before winter really sets it will be all nice and ready for the top pretty layer when spring rolls around. its actually looking like it will be a pretty nice thing. never mind the fact that i am doing my damnedest to not use cement or sandstone for any of it. there is sandstone there now but it will be removed when the real rocks get moved it. other than the birdbath the only cement should be the chunch from love canal. this is not a flowering rock garden. its just a bunch of rocks. with the centerpiece will be a meteorite...that i have yet to acquire.

remember this: winter solstice is the reason for the season. so while you are killing animals and family members in order practice these oddball holiday traditions keep in mind that no matter how bad it seems it really could be much worse. and it will be. merry god damned xmess. now lets go watch godzilla vs mithra. it will be fun

now i guess i will head off to the mall to start my holiday shopping. im crazy not stupid. i havent been to a mall since october or so. dont plan to adjust that now.

evergreens sparkling snow get this winter over with

SANTA INVITED TO EXPLORE NASA'S MOON AND MARS PROGRESS

Dec. 23, 2008

Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
allard.beutel@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: 32-08

SANTA INVITED TO EXPLORE NASA'S MOON AND MARS PROGRESS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - When Santa Claus makes his routine pit stop at
NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility on Christmas
Eve, he may do a bit more than chow down on milk and cookies. In the
next few decades, humans could be living, working and playing on the
moon, including millions of good little boys and girls counting on
Santa to put presents under their trees, no matter where those trees
are. So this year, Kennedy is inviting Santa to check out the
progress being made with the agency's Constellation Program.

After Santa and his reindeer-propelled sleigh glide to a stop on the
15,000-foot-long shuttle runway, he can head over to Launch Pad 39B
where modifications are being made for the Ares I-X rocket test
flight targeted to launch in July 2009. Workers are using the
Manitowoc 21000 model crane, which extends 640 feet off the ground,
to lift the lightning protection system's three 600-foot-tall steel
and fiberglass towers. Word has it Santa's elves began constructing a
similar launch pad and lightning protection system at the North Pole
last year in preparation for Santa's sojourns to the stars.

Santa also has the option to check out the new Ares I-X firing room,
which is fairly empty in comparison to space shuttle firing rooms. It
takes more than 200 controllers to launch a space shuttle, whereas
Ares calls for about 100. The firing room also has the capability to
go paperless. Shuttle controllers can have up to 6,000 procedure
documents at their consoles, but the new system will provide all
necessary documents online.

Next, Santa can swing by the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, to
look at the first pieces of Ares I-X hardware. The test flight
rocket's upper-stage simulator, consisting of 11 cylinders that look
like enormous tuna cans, will help engineers prepare NASA's next
generation human spacecraft launch system for space travel. Rumor has
it elves are looking to have a similar system like the Ares I and
will call Santa's fleet, "Jingle Bell Rockets."

Santa's last stop would be Kennedy's Parachute Refurbishment Facility
where workers are manufacturing and packing Ares parachutes. The
drogue parachute that will gently slow the descent of the spent Ares
I-X first-stage motor has faired well during testing at the U.S.
Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.

Santa reportedly requested a mock-up moonsuit from NASA's Johnson
Space Center in Houston. The new red suit is expected to support a
week's worth of moonwalks. Santa may only need to wear it one night a
year, unless of course he relocates his workshop to the north pole of
the moon, Mars or beyond.

For more information about NASA's return to the moon, Mars and beyond,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars

For more information on NASA's Constellation Program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/constellation

For more information on NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy