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Klackenstein

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About Me

Douchebag who escaped the central valley, now lives The American Dream in the Pacific Northwest, just in time to see the end of the American Dream.Hey, I used to drive one of these:

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Awesome people... and possibly your mom.

My Blog

Heavy Metal in Baghdad

     I'm taking valuable time I could be spending doing my FACT web based training to tell you about a documentary film, Heavy Metal in Baghdad.  This film follows a group of ...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:44:00 GMT

The source of my filthy tailpipe is...

       A small exhaust leak at the manifold.  I found this out today at Open Shop at UTI by taking the exhaust gas sniffer, searching around the exhaust system, looking for th...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:36:00 GMT

Water heater explosion ’08

Yes, these are weird times for me.  To wit, I came home at 11:15 PM Saturday to the sight of a foot high flame shooting up the side of the water heater.  It's a good thing the laundry room h...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:07:00 GMT

Ghetto A/C repair/Loner night in Midtown

My car's tailpipe issues have taken a backseat to my malfunctioning air conditioner.  Sure, I could do the right thing and help the planet, but this past monday thru friday, the high temperatures...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:28:00 GMT

The EPA may come and arrest me (nerdy car stuff)

 Currently at UTI, I'm in the Advanced Diagnostics class.  Basically it consists of trying to teach us how to plug a scan tool into a car (easy) and decipher what it means (not so easy.)&nbs...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:35:00 GMT

Phase Break Saga, pt. 4

So, first things first, pitch our tents. Then crack open a beer, then open up the booze. Dave couldn't find a crucial piece to his tent that ultimately meant the difference between it being convex a...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:26:00 GMT

Phase Break Saga, pt. 3

I bet you thought I wasn't going to finish the story? So cookout II was basically like cookout I. Except some people came by that didn't make it to Cookout I, including returning Bonnarooer Dave J. ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:45:00 GMT

Capitalism and Sports

 A settlement was made today with Darth Vader-  I mean Clay Bennett- in the Key Arena lease-break lawsuit and unless Paul Allen, Bill Gates, and Howard Schultz pool their money and give Benn...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:06:00 GMT

69 Schwinn

     Feeling the heat of $4.60 a gallon gas and the shame of being dumb enough to still pay for it, I bought my ass a bike yesterday.  It's actually pretty cool: a kinda girly look...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:35:00 GMT

Awesome breakfast burrito

      Fry up 2 strips o' bacon, cook 2 eggs, put a flour tortilla on a pan on low and give it a thin layer of cheddar cheese.  While the heat's still on, throw on a little gorgonzo...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 11:34:00 GMT