Archive for May, 2008

motorcycle track day

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Over this past Memorial Day weekend, I went to Willow Springs Raceway near Edwards Air Force Base for a track day run by Hyper Cycle.  A track day allows you to bring a motorcycle to the racetrack and ride it as fast as you dare.  The cost is only $150, ...

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Friday, May 16th, 2008

Alice Cooper - America '73

political podcast

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Sam Harrelson started a new political podcast over at Geekcast.fm called RedHatBlueHat and invited me to participate on the first episode. There were some issues with the sound quality but the discussion went well. Take a listen and leave a comment. Thanks!

featured t-shirt 2 - kiss

Friday, May 9th, 2008

KISS - Alive 1977

lessons learned - starting a blog

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Since I just launched this blog, I thought I would outline the steps I took to get it where it is today while it is still fresh in my mind.  I am by no means a code jockey, so this may seem pretty basic to some of you.  I hope ...

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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Juliette (Lewis) and the Licks - rock 'n' roll warrior

gas prices

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

So, I had the pleasure of buying $4/gal. gas this weekend for the first time. I filled up my Xterra (20 mpg highway) at the local Chevron station in Ventura, CA and snapped a picture when the tank was full (see pic after the jump). As you can ...

toddtalks is live!

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Well, after years of meaning to and a few false starts, I have finally launched my very own blog.  I want to first thank Wayne Porter for never giving up on me blogging and harassing me for the past several years to do this. I would also like to ...