It’s pollen season in Central Texas. Yay. So here are some random topics to divert your attention, assuming your watering eyes can focus.
Category: Cars
Random Thursday
Hot cars, colorful wildflowers, dramatic thunderheads: happy Thursday, y’all!
Random Thursday
In which we explore the origins of a couple of idioms. Fortunately, it gets more exciting that that.
R.T.T.F.E.
I’m too lazy to type “Random Thursday — The Friday Edition”…or am I? It’s been a while since we’ve done a Wandering The Web post, so this will ultimately turn into one, but first — some local weather-related updates. Five days ago, as alert Gazette readers no doubt recall, I informed the world that Pecan… Continue reading R.T.T.F.E.
Random Thursday: The BAU Edition
I don’t know about you, but this past week has taken a toll on my creativity and motivation. The depraved moral violation being foisted upon Ukraine is difficult to watch and ponder, even as my admiration for the Ukrainian people swells. Still, I think it’s important to try to claim some sense of normalcy, and… Continue reading Random Thursday: The BAU Edition
Random Thursday: Shambling into a new year
Hello, America. It’s the first Thursday of 2022, and this is the year that I’m finally going to get serious about my journalistic responsibilities. Of course, that will have no effect on this website. As I’m sure you all know, today is National Cuddle Up Day, which sounds quite inviting, only it’s also National Bean… Continue reading Random Thursday: Shambling into a new year
Random Thursday: The Last 1 of ’21
Well, hello there. Did you miss me? (Don’t answer that. It’s a long story, almost as long as the time since I last posted something here.) Today is National Bicarbonate of Soda Day, and the only explanation I can come up with for the timing is that it’s anticipatory of a critical need in two… Continue reading Random Thursday: The Last 1 of ’21
The Hapless Mechanic — Part 65,784
I think we can all agree that most new or new-ish cars are not designed to permit under-the-hood maintenance by the average owner. I suspect that’s not a big deal for most of us. Modern engines are marvels of complexity, but also are (usually) such paragons of reliability that the lack of specialized training and… Continue reading The Hapless Mechanic — Part 65,784
tire change
its tuesday afternoon and tonight is trivia night at the yacht club but thats not really important whats important is that my truck has had a slow leak in the right front tire some people would refer to it as the passenger side front tire but a lot of time theres no passenger in my… Continue reading tire change
Coincidence? That’s nuts!
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where, if the details were only slightly different, the outcome would border on disastrous? Perhaps you drove through an intersection and when you looked in your rearview mirror, you saw a car run a red light and t-bone another vehicle. Or perhaps it was something as simple… Continue reading Coincidence? That’s nuts!