grab bag

Every year for Christmas Eve my family gets together to celebrate. We have a grab bag but it isn't a traditional grab bag. we pick numbers out of a hat and whoever gets number 1 goes first. It kind of sucks if you get the first pick because if people like what you have they can trade in their gift for yours. It is best to have the last pick because you can pick whatever you want. last Christmas I picked number 1 and got stuck with a automatic can opener. Let's hope that doesn't happen again this year.

Blizzard Watch

so there is a blizzard watch for Saturday which is kinda cool. We could be getting over a foot of snow. I like the winter and don't mind the snow I just wish I had all my gear here instead of at home. It is going to such trying to walk without my snowshoes. Also it would have been nice if we raked our leaves before we get snow. Oh well what can I say, living with all college students you just don't have time.

my coilovers

So, i just bought a set of 36 way adjustable coilovers to mess with the ride height and dampening of my cars suspension whenever i want. I bought the k-sports because it was the bang for the buck, if i were not a college student and had more cash to blow i would have went with the jic-flta2 or the stance gr+pro. these seem really nice and have great reviews. I cant wait to put them in.

- Rob Hamilton

so cool...

this is by far the coolest video i have seen of an internal combustion engine. the view of this impreza is fromt he inside out and is computer generated. awesome

-Rob Hamilton

pet peeves

I cant standpeople who ask too manyquestions. From strangers to little kids, its sooo annoying. I remember teling my little cousin about my new motorcycle, he had 100 questions that followed and all of them were what you would expect from a 7 year old (is it fast, can you do tricks...) although the first dozen questions are ok the remaining 88 arent. I have no idea but that is one of the worst pet peeves of mine.

-rob hamilton

Cymothoa exigua

A new paracitic louse has been dicsovered off the coast of California. This particular parasite crawls into the gills of a host fish, attatches itself to the tongue of that host, sucks the blood out of the tongue and replaces itself as a new tongue. How sick is that? The cool thing is that this is the only recorder parasite that replaces an organ wthout any further harm to the fish aside from the loss of that organ. Id post pics but its pretty gross. google Cymothoa exigua

-Rob Hamilton

the new jetta tdi

How come i am just finding out that the new jetta tdi (a diesel version of a typical jetta) gets over 45mpg's? Some have recorded gas saviings of over 50mpg's. Thats crazy, even the prius dosent get that good gas mileage and it is 1/2 battery power, and not extremely ugly either. I might really consider buying a V W for my next car...( i was only joking), but its something that should be more publicized , certainly more than tiger's love life.

http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1019278_driven-volkswagen-jetta-tdi-sportwagen-achieved-52-4-mpg

-Rob Hamilton