The 5/31/05 episode of The Chair and Automan is out. Download the MP3 directly here.
In this episode:

I talk about guilty pleasures, songs that you are slightly embarassed to say you like.
I play some songs that I consider “guilty pleasures”:

Midnight Cowboy by Ell & Will.
Libations by Christopher Burns.
Wheel Up by Calibe more is available here.
And [...]

I’m very, very, very tired. I will get some sleep and try to put out a ‘cast this afternoon.

I keep saying it is an 88 Crown Victoria. I actually got an 88 Mercury Grand Marquis. Not that there is a huge difference, but for the sake of accuracy, I thought I would correct myself.

Man, this is a good picture of Emily:

Thanks, Bruce.

The 5/26/05 episode of The Chair and Automan is out. Download the MP3 directly here.
In this episode:

I talk about my trip to Tybee Island
I talk about putting a new engine into the F100.
I play some songs:

Into My Life Again by Green Street.
I dedicate the song
When He Met Her by Crush One to my wonderful [...]

I’ve long thought that my mental agility was becoming less, ummm, ya know, agile. Now, I have proof. When I do moronic things, we all know: it’s the diabetes.

Out of sheer self-disgust I’m not going to post all of the pictures of me out on the beach imitating a fish belly in all of my lilly white glory.
Here’s a self-family portrait:

Of course, Emily was loving it and insisting that we stay on the beach as much as possible. Here she is standing at [...]

The family and I are back from our little trip to Tybee Island, Ga. Man, we had a great time. I will post pictures and more details later on.

I went and bought the 88 Crown Vic. I have this feeling of simultaneous excitement and unease. I’ve been talking about upgrading old vehicles to EFI for years. Now it is time to put it to the test.
This afternoon I disconnected everything on the F100 except the motor mounts, transmission mount [...]

She ain’t what she used to be, that’s for sure. The F100 broke down on the way home from work Thursday night. When it cut off, I knew things were bad. It didn’t just stop firing. It was more like it shuddered to a stop. I let the old girl [...]