My Dailies 2007

JULY

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Today I got started on taping and patching the walls in the Master Bathroom remodel project that I'm working on.

Then I came home and loaded my new work van with the things I think I may need for tomorrow's work day.

Now I'm sitting here in front of my Desk top computer after a shower,.. and I've got a big Crock Pot of food started in the kitchen that I'm cooking for the cats.

Yesterday evening I smashed my right middle finger nail with the back door handle on my new work van,.. and it throbbed and kept me awake most all last night.

I remember taking a drill bit to one of my finger nails once to release the pressure,.. and that drill bit traveled right down into my finger once it broke through the nail,.. so I didn't do that this time,...

I am thinking that I'm going to go to bed early tonight though. And my finger nail isn't throbbing anymore,... so maybe it will be a more comfortable night tonight...

Monday, July 30, 2007

Today I sprayed primer on all the new raw trim in the upstairs remodel project that I'm working on,.. and went over to the Bath room remodel project that I'm working on and prepared the walls for taping and patching.

On the radio today I heard them talking about some place in Boston I think it was,... and he said a lot of the homes out there were built in the 1800's.

That's how Redlands, California is. The upstairs remodel project that I'm now working on was built in the 1800's. It's got a little Historical plaque right by the front door.

Most people out there like to keep them original too. Like they would rather fix the old or replace with an exact copy.

Well,.. I got to go and get my new work van from Victor Buick and GMC tonight. It's cool that the final price for fixing it was almost half of what they quoted me. Their original price was over $3,000.00 dollars to fix it,.. and their final price was $1,700.00.

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Today I went to work on the upstairs remodeling project again that I'm working on. And Me and friend got it prepared for spraying primer first thing tomorrow morning.

Then I went over to a 4th job that's getting added to the work that I'm currently doing. It's a new raw wood storage unit that they think needs to get some protection on before it gets too weathered.

So I'm going to get to that one before I leave for Hawaii too.

Today I was reading in my emails how Microsoft is already planning another new Operating system to be possibly launched in the year 2010 called Windows 7.

And that caused me to think about how I would build an operating system.

I would try to build my Operating system to where it's possible to make improvements to it without having to upgrade to a different Operating system.

Just seems like the better way to go to me.

Build a system that always works,.. all the hardware and devices are always compatable and everybodies software always works fine. No body has to make changes,.. because we always have the same operating system.

I don't know,.. just a thought.

My Desk top computer doesn't have recording capabilities anymore. Creative Sound Blaster didn't appear to be ready for the upgrade.

And they weren't the only ones...

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Today I went and worked on an upstairs remodel job that I've just got back started on not long ago. And Me and a friend worked on masking floors and getting the trim all puttied.

Now that I'm home,.. I'm thinking that I'm going to go to bed early again,... but first I've gotta finish one load of laundry and make dinner for the cats.

Friday, July 27, 2007

I haven't received a call at all about my new work van today,.. so it's looking like it's going to be next week maybe when I'll be able to pick it up.

Today I worked on the Master Bathroom remodel job that I've been working on, and went over to an upstairs remodel and figured out all the materials for the painting of the job,.. then went and ordered materials. Then I picked up checks on another job,.. and deposited them on the way home.

Now that I'm home I'm thinking that I may go to bed early tonight,.. I'm going to work tomorrow and plan to Sunday too.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Well,.. Victor Buick & GMC called,.. and my new van may be ready to pick up by tomorrow now. Funny,.. it seemed to be running perfect when I brought it in.

But I like that they're taking their time with it. Maybe it means that their doing a good job with it,.. being thorough.

They said that some type of solenoids were failing,.. and I'm not sure what else their working on.

Today I worked on installing insulation and drywall in a Master Bath.

And now that I'm home,.. I'm going to take a shower and go over to Pomodoro Cucina Italiana and have dinner.

It's Jazz night over there tonight,.. so they should have some live Jazz musicians there tonight. They have on the past 2 Thursdays,.. and they were quite good...

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

I found out today that the problem with the alternator in my old work van is "loose wiring connectors". So it's now working again,.. and that's cool.

I think ever since I've been driving,... alternators are one of the things I've had to replace most in my vehicles.

Today I went back to the bath room remodeling job that I've been working on and put up a new door jamb and got started on the insulation and drywall.

Now that I'm home I'm sitting here learning more about why my videos are not always viewable or playable on my computers. I've learned that it's because of the format that the camcorder puts the videos into.

Sometimes Windows can't play the file,.. like it don't recognize the mpg format,... but the camcorders software is always able to play those video files and that's good.

When I went to check out a bunch of video files that I made a back up of on a DVD on my Tablet PC,.. the only video that was playable with Windows was a video that was made in the WMV format.

So now I'm sitting here and getting started on putting my videos also into the WMV format,.. so that when I back them up and go to check them out on another computer,... at least I may have one format in there that will be playable.

I may get to go get my new work van tomorrow. They called this afternoon and said possibly finished by tomorrow.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Today I had to get back started on an upstairs remodeling job.

I'm just doing the painting on this one.

So today I worked on figuring out the materials that were going to be using and started masking off the floors.

I've gotta do Cat cooking tonight,.. cook up a big pot of food for them.

But once that is finished,.. I think I'm going to go to bed early again tonight...

Looks like my alternator in my old work van isn't charging again,.. so tomorrow I may have to get it a new alternator.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Today I worked on painting interior trim,.. crown moulding mostly,.. then picked up the place a bit for the carpet layers that are supposed to be coming tomorrow to install carpeting.

Now that I"m home,.. I've showered,. and I"m in the process of making a bill,.. and I'm thinking that I'm going to go to bed here in a little bit.

I'm feeling a little run down...

Sunday, July 22, 2007

This morning I got up and got to work a little earlier for a change. Me and a friend worked again today on getting a bunch of interior trim painted.

I like getting to work early,.. 6:00 am,... and even 5:00 am,.. because I can get a full day in and go home at a decent hour.

I don't necessarily like working late in the day much because it can be like,.. once you get home it's time to go to bed,... and then you've gotta get up and go right back to work.

Like you don't have no time to do much else.

I've got too much work going on all at the same time right now. 3 jobs going and only me to do them. Dana,.. a friend of mine can help on weekends. And that's good.

I could or maybe it's more like maybe I should work every single day up to September 3rd. Because that's the date I'm supposed to be coming home from Hawaii according to my phone message Itinerary.

And I'm going to take a day or 2 off for sure when I get back from there.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

I worked today on the major remodel job that I've been working on lately. I had a friend helping me today though. And we prepared and finish painted interior trim today. Doors, door jambs and baseboards.

I've got a Itinerary in my phone messages today. Looks like I've gotta go back to Hawaii on August 20th, 2007.

Well,.. now that I'm home,.. I've got a load of laundry started,.. had a shower,.. and soon I'm going to go to bed,.. then I'm going to get up and have to go right back to work.

I think working takes up an awful lot of peoples time around here. Like a lot of people have gotta spend most their time on earth working.

Lot's of having to do things around here,.. sometimes whether you like it or not.

In an ideal world,.. maybe it would be more like this,.. "people are only doing things because they like doing them",.. not because they have to or it's like they have to.

I don't see that as really possible here now that I think about it though,.. because there is going to be jobs to do like Laundry to mention one and I think there are other jobs too but I'm coming up blank right now.

Well,.. I do think that happiness,.. being happy in life,.. liking life,.. can help in those times when your having to spend most all your time at work.

No,.. that's not necessarily true,.. because I remember a time when I was pretty happy with life,... and at that time,.. it was like "Work" is getting in the way of my having fun.

Oh well,.. I'm just letting out some thoughts here,.. because my life can be like most the time I have has got to go to working and sleeping.

A lot of the time I notice that there isn't a lot to like about life for me,.. and sometimes I'll think of things that I do like to compensate for it,..

like,.. well,.. I like my computer,.. and I really like some of my singing videos that I've made too. I'm quite happy with my Witchcraft video. I've been thinking that it's my best one yet.

It doesn't even matter if nobody else liked it,.. or even if nobody else ever even seen it,.. because I like it,.. and it gives me something to like in life.

I was thinking about making a video tonight,.. but with the way that time is going by,.. I don't know that I'm going to make the time for it or not.

Oh,.. and I think I'll add that,.. I like my new laptop computer too,.. the only thing about it though is,.. they still haven't figured out how to get dust from going between the writing screen and the LCD screen. Or they haven't seen it as enough of a problem yet.

This is my second Tablet PC from a different maker this time,.. and both of them got dust in between the 2 screens. You can't get to it to wash it off.

Maybe the writing screen should be removable if it's not possible to seal them up completely.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Today I had to go back to the bath room remodeling job that I'm working on. I finished all the framing around the new tub,.. and finished framing the cut outs in the shower where the soap dishes are going to be.

In the video below,.. I was singing that song along with Elvis Costello throughout my work day on that day,.. (had the song on my ipod),.. and it was easy to sing then,.. but when I got home to sing it on karaoke,.. I had to lower my pitch a bit for some reason.

When I listen to myself sing it in the video,... it sounds right to me though.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Video - Me singing a Elvis Costello song called "Alison".

Thursday, July 19, 2007

It's Jazz night over at Pomodoro Cucina Italiana tonight. On Thursday nights they've been having Live Jazz music there.

So I've changed my dinner night to Thursdays so that I could check it out. Last Thursday was pretty cool. Just a guitar player and a sax player sitting by the entrance doors. And they were very good too.

Today I worked on the major remodeling job that I'm working on attempting to get some of the interior trim painted before they put the carpet in,... which got changed from next Monday to next Tuesday.

Now that I'm home,.. I'm doing a load of laundry,... towels,.. then I'm going to have a shower,.. feed the cats and go have dinner myself.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

I woke up this morning thinking about Michael Douglas the actor. I don't remember exactly what it was that I was thinking about right now,.. but it brings back a memory of mine that I think I'll comment about here today.

Quite a while ago in my original couch writing I said something that some people didn't appear to like. It was concerning kissing fathers. And fathers kissing their children.

I may of gave people the impression that I didn't think it was right to do that. And that's not true.

First of all,.. I'm not against it. Not that long ago I watched a father kiss his teenage son right in front of me before he went to school. And I didn't think nothin of it,.. except for maybe it may of been a little embarrassing like for his son.

Actually it just looked and sounded like a sincere caring father to me.

Now for me though,... I didn't like having to kiss my father. And the thought of me kissing any boy or man I don't like at all. And of course,... I don't like the thought of any man or boy kissing me either.

The thought of it gives me the willies so to speak.

Nope,.. it's always been girls only for me.

Today I went back to the Bath room remodeling job that I've been working on and removed a door and jamb, did some exterior caulking, and made a template for making a custom attic access door.

My alternator stopped working in my old van,.. I noticed it yesterday. Today I took the battery cables off while it was running and the motor died. So I thought I needed to go and get an alternator after work today.

So I was sitting in my van ready to drive home from work deciding whether I'm going to go over to Autozone and remove and replace my alternator right there or to just drive home and do it after I get home.

I decided I was just gonna drive home,... then on my drive home my amp gage showed me that my alternator starting working again. So now I don't have to replace that alternator tonight.

It could be a warning that it is about ready to go out though.

I sang a Danny Elfman song down below for today's video. I didn't think it sounded that cool in acapella version,.. so I did it along with him too. I don't have any Danny Elfman or Oingo Boingo songs in karaoke version.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Videos - Me singing a Danny Elfman song called "Cool City".

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Today I worked on getting trim prepared for painting.

On this job,.. they have just sold their old house,.. so they are going to be moving into this "in the process of being remodeled house" very soon.

Carpet is going in on next Monday,.. so I only have a little time left to get some of the painting finished before the carpeting goes in.

It's not my fault,.. they didn't want me to come back to the job until yesterday.

Then I came home and made a couple videos, had a shower,.. and now I've gotta go in and make dinner for the cats and my day will be about done.

Monday, July 16, 2007

Today I went and got paid on the Bath room remodeling job,.. then went and worked on the Major Remodeling job that I'm doing.

So far I'm doing only painting on this one though. And I prepared interior trim for finish painting there today.

In today's video I'm singing a Frank Sinatra song that I never heard before. And to me it's sounding like I've got a voice for this style of music. I don't remember myself ever thinking about singing this type of song.

But I'm really liking the way I'm sounding when singing them. And I'm really liking the songs of this style that I've sang for video too.

Now days while I've been recently learning what my voice really sounds like,.. I've sang songs that I've thought previously "are not really my songs or favorites of mine",... and then after hearing myself sing them,..I think,.. but they are songs that I would sing now though.

And now days when I go to sing a song that I think isn't really one of my songs that I would sing,.. I always think,.. "but it just may become one of the songs that I would sing though".

This song called Witchcraft that I'm singing in today's video,... I liked it as soon as I heard it without me singing it.

That's the karaoke version that I'm talking about,.. I don't think I've ever heard anybody else sing this song before.

And,.. I like it with me singing it too.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Video - Me singing a Frank Sinatra song called "Witchcraft".

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Today I've been sitting around doing things on my computer a lot of the day. I made one bill for a job,.. and I've been doing web site stuff,.. and I made a not bad video earlier this morning that I'm going to use for my dailies video tomorrow.

The videos for today were made yesterday.

I've also did laundry and mowed the lawn. My first thoughts about going out and mowing the lawn were,... against it,... but I had to stop and think how we only have one of the coolest types of lawn mowers around. The riding lawn tractor.

As I was mowing the lawn I thought,.. I could use a little one handed weed eater so that I could do the weed eating as I'm driving around mowing the lawn.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Videos - Me singing Tina Turner's "Whats love got to do with it" and Micael Jackson's "Billy Jean".

Saturday, July 14, 2007

I don't know yet,.. it's Saturday morning right now and I've gotta get to work here in a little bit...

And now my work day has ended and I'm home...

Today I worked only a partial day,.. but I feel all burned out anyway.

I finished preparing an opening to receive a set of new doors and installed some framing around a bath tub so the plumber could install his water lines.

Well,.. I've got all kinds of chores to do,.. I don't know if I'm going to get to them or not. I may just go to bed.

If I sang any parts of the 2 songs down below wrongly,.. well,.. I don't have either one of those songs on CD or on my computer,.. I was just going by memory when I sang them and it's been a while since I've heard either one of those songs too.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Videos - Me singing John Lennon's song called "Woman" and George Michael's song called "Faith".
SMALL

Friday, July 13, 2007

Today I worked on the remodeling of a Master Bathroom again. Actually it's their old spa room, and they are turning it into a new bath and shower room.

So today I removed a window and prepared that wall to accept a new set of double doors that lead from the Master Bedroom into the new bathroom.

Then I came home and sat here feeling burned out.

But after I had a shower I made a couple videos that don't sound too bad to me.

Think I'll put them in my web site tomorrow.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Video - Me singing The Thompson Twins song called "Hold Me Now".

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Well,.. I found out today that my new truck's problem is an injector pump is going out,.. and that it's possibly going to be over $3,000.00 dollars to fix it.

One more breakdown like this one in the near future and that truck is going to be sitting in my driveway un-drivable until I get the last fix it bill payed off.

So if anybody is wondering why I didn't use my bicycle that is hanging on my wall in my living room instead of buying one. It's because it's about a 6 or 7 mile ride over to the Riverside Chevy Dealer,.. and I thought that was a bit of a long ride for a single geared bicycle.

I don't know. Seems like I use to ride a single geared bicycle all day long back when I was a kid. So maybe I was wrong. It doesn't matter now though,.. I've got a new geared bicycle now too that I didn't even need to buy.

Today I worked on the remodeling of a Master Bathroom, and installed a new threshold to a door bottom.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Video - Me singing a Modern English song called "I melt with you".

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Today when I took my new truck in to the Chevy Dealer to have it worked on,.. they told me my truck was a Medium Duty Truck,.. and that they only work on Light Duty Trucks there.

So I had to go to Corona California to Victor Buick Pontiac & GMC. My Van is still there now and they haven't called to let me know anything yet. So I don't know anything yet.

It was cool that they had a Courtesy Shuttle that took me home from there. I was thinking that it was going to be a bit of a long bicycle ride and wasn't even going to use the new bicycle I just bought.

My Mother just offered to take me back over there to get my new van too. She just mentioned it out of the blue.

Because bumming rides is something I think best done in question form,... Like it's something that should be "asked for",... which is something that I don't do at all anymore. I was just going to call a Taxi to take me back there.

So that was cool of her to offer,.. maybe she's getting to know how I am now days.

Today I came home and got my old work van and went out to the bath room remodeling job that I've been working on and it's ready for the Plumber and Electrician to come in,.. so I went over to check on another major whole house remodel job of mine and found out it's ready for me to get back to work on.

So I worked there preparing trim work for painting for the rest of the day.

I found out today that my old 1969 GMC work van isn't as rough a ride as I use to think. It's not as rough a ride as my new work van due to the way it jumps around when it hits bumps in the road.

So my old work van is a more comfortable ride than I thought it was. The brakes on it have always been lousy though. My new van has a big improvement there.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Video - Me singing a Duran Duran song called "A view to a kill".

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Well,.. the very first day I go to drive my new work van to work and the "Check engine malfunction light" on the dash comes on and constantly blinks while I'm driving.

The little book that came with my truck says to take it in for service when that happens. I took it in this afternoon after work. But they told me to come back in the morning.

So I've gotta take it in tomorrow morning.

I don't know anything about this trucks motor yet. I've never worked on a diesel before. I'm going to see if I can get a book to help me for working on this truck.

Then after I got home I knew I had to find a way to get back home after I drop off my truck at the dealer. So I went down to the hardware store and looked at ramps for driving my Vespe up into the back of my van. Didn't like what I saw there so I went over to Toy R Us and bought me a bicycle.

I figured it was either that or call a Taxi or go figure out how to take a bus.

My new van ran real well all day. It jumps around a bit when it hits bumps in the road though. I'm going to put some new shocks on it for that sometime soon.

Today I worked on building the framing for a bath tub and shower.

Monday, July 9, 2007

Today I worked on installing custom framing for a Bath tub, then I came home and removed all the shelves out of my new work van.

Think I'm going to try it out for work tomorrow. I drove the old work van today.

Sunday, July 8, 2007

Today I did laundry, I paid bills, I did Cat Cooking, I went to the hardware store and got a few things, and I worked a little bit on getting the shelves out of the back of my new work van.

A long time ago in my original couch writing I mentioned how I'm like I heard James Garner is about seeing myself on film. Like I don't even care to see myself that way. And I thought I heard that Robert Redford is that way too.

I'm not sure. But for me,.. because I'm making the videos all by myself,.. I'm having to view them while I get them prepared to put on my web site. I guess I could be not bothering to watch them at all though. Just shoot them, then convert and upload them and don't bother watching them at all.

If somebody else was making the videos,.. maybe it would of been different. Maybe I wouldn't of been bothering to look so much. But I've found that I actually like some of my videos. And that's very cool for me.

Of course, I do have videos in my web site that I don't like too. And those are the videos that I really don't care to watch a second time.

Some of the ones I've liked I watched over and over again. It's cool for me to see that I can look OK (Like the way I look) in videos and in pictures.

And it's also cool for me to learn that I'm liking my singing voice,.. .. and most all the singing voices I've used too.

I've noticed that I have some pretty nice tones coming out of me at times.

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Today I went down and looked at new trucks and bought one.

Well,.. not new trucks,... I didn't look at the brand new ones because I'm not comfortable with the amount the payments have to be.

I bought a 2003 Chevrolet W-Series (Diesel) W3500 Medium Duty Commercial Truck.

The reason I went ahead and got this one instead of looking around more is because this one has a low body style that you don't see very often. I've seen one in my life time that I can recall with a low body style like this one and it looked more like something that the owner made,.. and not something that came original with the truck.

So I liked this one as soon as I found out the back interior had a height of about 6 feet. It looked like it was too short in the picture that I had of it before I went and looked at it.

The only thing about this one that I'm not so sure of is,.. it seems like it could use more power. Like it's kind of a dog so to speak. But it did have sufficient power on the drive home and had no problem doing over the speed limit. So maybe it will be OK.

They do make them with larger engines. But one thing about having the smaller motor,.. maybe it will be good on gas. They said it gets near 20 miles to the gallon. Which sounds pretty good.

My old work van gets less than 10 miles per gallon.

Tomorrow if I have the time for it,.. I'll make a video showing my new work truck.

Friday, July 6, 2007

Today was another work day. I worked on the remodeling of a Master Bathroom again. Then got paid from another job and went to the Bank and deposited my check, came home had a shower, did my daily job notes and have been sitting here copying files from my bad hard drive to my new hard drive.

My work van got hot and stalled on me this morning as I came to a stop sign after getting off the freeway. So it's still getting a bit too hot.

One thing about it,.. it's always got hotter when it climbs hills. Like the temperature just keeps rising when I'm going up hill.

I don't think my van would make it going up that Cajon pass going up towards Victorville, California. Too long of steep grade.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Well my work is running a little cooler today. The work that I did to it yesterday appeared to give me about a 10 degree drop in temperature. And my van didn't act like it was going to stall all day today. So that's good.

I worked on the remodeling of a Master bathroom today. Got started on getting it ready to put the bath tub in.

Then I came home and made out a bill for the job I was doing last week,.. and checked out new trucks for the possibility of purchasing one.

I think I'm going to drive out and take a look at some on this Saturday.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Today I wasn't really looking forward to working on my work van,.. but it went really well. I thought it was going to take up the whole day,.. and I was pretty much finished by 1:00 in the afternoon.

I installed a couple new electric fans to my radiator,.. and installed insulation to the interior of the motor cover. Then I installed a new door lock and handle to my back glass door on my house.

When I put it into words like that it don't seem like I did so much... Hmmmm,.. .

Well,.. then ever since then I've been copying files from my bad hard drive to my new hard drive. And it is taking a bunch of time. Having to copy them over individually then check them all out as I go.

Then some of the video files that aren't any good anymore I've been able to down load copies of them from my web server so that I have a copy of them here too.

I don't think that running a killdisc type software on a hard drive is the right thing to do if you plan using the drive again.

Next time I think I'll just leave the hard drive alone,.. and erase files through Windows if I need too.

Oh,... I remember why I did it,.. it's because I had Windows XP installed on it and I didn't use that hard drive as my new Windows Vista hard drive. I didn't do an upgrade install from Windows XP to Windows Vista,.. I did a complete new install of Windows Vista on a brand new hard drive.

And I didn't plan on using the old hard drive as a Windows XP drive. I was just a going to use it as a second hard drive.

Oh well,.. it's all done and over with now,.. and I can't say that I'm going to trust that hard drive anymore.

Well,.. it's the 4th of July. They use to have Carnivals and food booths and even live bands playing at the Park down the street from my house on 4th of July's back when I was a kid. From what I remember,.. those were my favorite 4th of July's.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Today I went down and got a bunch of things to try to get my van running cooler. Electric fans, insulation for the motor cover, and a liquid product called 40 below. I heard that liquid product really works,.. so I thought I try it out.

And I also went down to BestBuy and got me a new larger hard drive for my desk top computer. It's in the process of formatting right now.

And I made a first attempt at singing "Stairway to heaven" on video. It don't sound too bad to me,.. but my screaming voice wasn't sounding that great,.. so that end part could of been better,.. although they sing that part for you in the karaoke version of the song that I have,.. so getting myself to sound correctly along with them I don't know about.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Video - Me singing Led Zepplin's "Stairway to Heaven".

Monday, July 2, 2007

This morning I removed the fuel pump from my work van. It was the very same problem I had with it the last time. The way that they attach the pump lever to the fuel pump is a pin that is crimped into the fuel pump housing.

So what has happened twice now,.. is the pin just gets pushed out of where it's crimped in and then the lever doesn't work correctly anymore.

I went down to J&M Speed center and the fuel pump wasn't covered on warranty anymore, so I had to buy a new fuel pump. I got a Carter fuel pump this time. And it's pin that holds the lever isn't crimped in. It's pushed in through the side of the fuel pump housing. So it doesn't have that weak point that the other one had and I don't think I'm going to have that problem this time.

I can see maybe why they are crimping them in that way on the Holly fuel pumps,.. possibly because it's not possible to get oil leakage through a pin hole through the pump housing with the way they are doing it.

So now that that is fixed,.. my van is on the verge of overheating. It's usually like that in the summer times. But it's also causing my van to stall at stop signs. So I've gotta work on seeing if I can get it to run cooler now.

Today's video was made because it's like I got a request for it.


"Had to remove these videos. New server doesn't allow any room for videos."

Video - Me singing Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom" (acapela version)

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Today I had a short work day, but because my van broke down on the way home it was more like working a full day.

It appears to be the fuel pump again. I tried to hook up my extra little electronic fuel pump again just to get me home but it wouldn't pump at all today. So I had to get towed home.

Tomorrow I'll pull the fuel pump off and I'm going to get a different brand this time. That's the second time these Holly aftermarket fuel pumps have failed on me,. and in a short amount of time too.

Well,.. I get to go have me a dinner tonight. And I'm just gonna go back over to Pomodoro Cucina Italiana again.

I can be a bit like Jack Nicholson in the movie "As good as it gets" when I find a place to eat that I really like. I don't have to have the same table or same waitress like him though.

But I have done that avoiding the cracks in the street thing that he was doing. I use to do it all the time. Like everytime I was walking,.. I might avoid all cracks one day,.. then on another I might step on all cracks.

Not a problem for me though,.. just something to do while walking...