End of the road...

After almost 3 1/2 years, 474 posts, and 21,000 + views I have decided to bring this blog to an end. I've had fun, but I feel it is time to focus on something different. Thanks to all of you that have followed me and I hope you enjoyed the ride...

25 years...

Wow...

There is nothing else I can say...

Crazy 'bout a Mercury...

I have a true fetish for the '53 - '56 Ford F100. I find its cousin that was marked north of the 49th parallel just that much more appealing.



Unfortunately Shannon just doesn't understand...

Does something smell hot to you...

Kinda like burnt rubber?

Pretty cool...

Please be seated...

Bomber seats are the hot thing in the last couple of years, but surely not this hot...

Barry Lobeck passes...

Ohio hot rod builder Barry Lobeck passed away today. Barry, who has been building cars for four decades and owned Lobeck's V8 Shop, had been battling health issues for several months.



RIP Barry...

2011...

Here is hoping that this decade begins better than the last one ended!

2010 in review...

2010 wasn't the best for me - personally and blog wise - but here a few of the "highlights of the past year...

January:

Jeff Decker sculpture goes missing from Utah HD dealership

Later sculpture is "recovered" at Decker's studio.

Bob Tasca Sr passes.

February:

Quick visit to the Salt Flats Speed Shop

I start the rebuild of Lorraine.

I'm e-plubished on MyRideIsMe dot com.

Fire destroys Jason Graham's shop.

March:

I show up again over at MyRideIsMe.

Pullin' my motor.

April:

A date with Alice.

Hacking up Lorraine.

May:

5 year anniversary!

The teenage years hit.

June:

No Blogs...

July:

More rebuild.

Great show for a great cause!

Larry Watson passes.

August:

Max moves in.

September:

9 year anniversary of 9/11.

October:

Happy Halloween!

November:

Nationally published!

December:

30th Anniversary of John Lennon assassination.

Emerson College looks to go viral.

Christmas twenty-ten...

2010 has been kind of a rough year around here. A lot of time spent on the job hunt. I was worried about Christmas and it being kind of "small".

But as it has came to Christmas Eve I believe it may have been one of the best we've had. Although we don't have anything under the tree we are blessed with great family and friends. Reasonably good health. A nice home. No debt - other than a house payment. Shannon's income. Clean clothes and food to eat.

Some of the best things don't need fancy paper or shiny bows. Merry Christmas everyone...

Emerson College - gaga for Gaga...

30 years...

John Winston Lennon
October 9,1940 – December 8,1980

You'd think...

You'd think with as much time as I've had this year I would have a better blog, maybe written a book, produced a film, cured disease, or something.

But no, I've spent a lot of it on this...

December 1st...

I don't know what is more alarming - another year ending or a new decade starting. Where has the time gone...

6 months...

Or 3 1/2 years - depending on how you look at it. Man, I love this guy...

Over the river and through the woods...

To my childhood house we go.

Yep, Thanksgiving with the WY fam. We left a day early to beat the "blizzard of the decade", which was nothing like they thought it would be. Top 10 of the trip:

1. Drove 11 hrs, because of bad roads only to end up in about -20 weather (probably closer to -40 with the windchill).
2. Ate at Taco John's - a must whenever we are close to one!
3. Spent a couple of days seeing family and friends.
4. A fabulous Thanksgiving feast.
5. Slept too little.
6. Suffered some damage to the car.
7. Watched Max make new friends and go through the anxiety of adjusting to new places.
8. Wildlife watching / spotting.
9. Farson ice cream.
10. Shannon's induction into the Rocky Mtn Oysters eating club.

HP and the Deathly Hallows pt. I

Wow two movies in a week. Are we developing a habit here. Not really - Shannon received premiere passes from here work.

I must say I have never read the books, but I have enjoyed the movies. Now with the end so close I am starting to feel a little sad...



See you in July!

I thought i would never say this again..

I'm getting the pig!

Shannon and I just saw the movie R.E.D.

For me movies are bad right away and never change OR I tend to like them the more I have time to think about them. This movie falls into the latter for me.

I should have know - I mean how can you go wrong with John Malkovich, Bruce Willis, and Morgan Freeman...

3 years, 1 month, 9 days = 1134 days = 27,216 hours = 1,632,960 minutes = 97,977,600 seconds...

This is how long it took me to reach a personal goal I set, and no matter how you look at it it seemed so much longer to me. Probably didn't help that there was a leap year in there...

Yesterday I was able to check one of the bucket list though when I received a text from one of my buddies saying he just saw pictures in a magazine that were mine. Yes that's right my name, and photos, are finally in print. Truth is I have know it was going to happen for awhile - I just couldn't let the cat outta the bag.

So if you feel so inclined go down to your local newsstand and pick up the January 2010 issue of World of Rods magazine and check out a few shots by yours truly in the Speed Week coverage.