If you’re getting a permit to hold a protest, you’re doing it wrong. I’ve always liked the catchphrase “Soap Box, Voting Box, Jury Box, Ammo Box. Use in that order” to describe means of American protest. It seems to me like all the Chinese have available to them is the latter.
Snorg Tees has some pretty funny t-shirts. I’m giving them a shout out because they’re actually family friendly, PG at worst. Maybe Santa will bring me one for Xmas.
Looks like the rise in gas prices has people doing more miles on motorcycles and thus deaths are rising also. Slightly related, I was thinking to myself how much safer I feel on my new bike than my old bike. Because it has less than half the power of the old one, I find myself rarely going above 65 on the freeway and bursts of acceleration are rare. But as they say, “Speed doesn’t kill. Sudden deceleration kills.”
My friend Will had a bachelor party last weekend in Austin. I joined the crew for the Saturday night toga party on 6th St. The result was awesomely fun but I can’t divulge any details of the evening’s activities. I will note though that if you scan MySpace for recent downtown pictures, there’s a good chance you’ll see how the Romans partied before the Fall of the Empire.
I’m sure this will turn out well. After all, an agency watching over itself never leads to corruption, right?
The Bush administration on Monday said it plans to let federal agencies decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants.
The proposal, which does not require the approval of Congress, would reduce the mandatory, independent reviews that government scientists have been performing for 35 years. Developers welcomed the plan, while environmentalists derided it.
Bush to relax protected species rules - Environment- msnbc.com
I had Johnnycheese tune my DRZ recently but he didn’t have much luck - it turns out the carb was not set up properly for my bike so his tuning attempts were futile. So I spent last weekend pulling the carb off my bike and rejetting it myself according to the best sources on the Internet. I’m pleased as punch with myself - this was probably the most mechanically difficult thing I’ve done so far but the jetting guide was good and the actual process went pretty smoothly.
In the end, the guide’s recommended settings seemed to work on the first try! The bike idles smoothly now and my mileage has gone from 35 to somewhere around 55. Yeah, it was that bad. I’m going to head back to Johnny’s place Saturday and get the bike back on his dyno so we can do a little final tuning. His dyno can analyze the exhaust gas and pinpoint the best setting for the fuel mixture screw. I’ll update this once I’ve gone through a full tank with the bike fully tuned. It’s been quite an adventure but the end is in sight!
A fascinating video that completely changed my view of the 5th amendment. Like most people, I assumed it was only useful/used by the guilty. It’s actually just as important for the innocent!
