So, I was cruising home late last night when BOOM@#&*^ …what’s that smell? Burning rubber? I pull over and my tire is completely flat, I look up the road and see what caused it.. a nice big fat rock that someone so kindly left on barns (most likely while walking home drunk — Wally has done that before) SO, I get my spare out and get ready to jack up the car..and I notice that I didn’t get the tire iron. I go back to the trunk and look around for it… ‘…where the hell is my tire iron?’ …no where to be found. So I had to call Speeds Towing (thankfully my insurance covers roadside service) to come change my tire because I was missing my tire iron and can’t get the wheel off without it. Anyways, I check out the wheel and it’s completely destroyed, no way to salvage it at all.. about 5″ along the outer edge was all bent in. So I had to get new wheels. I couldn’t replace just that one because the previous owner had had them chromed.. they were more or less unique (who chromes stock wheels anyway?). BMW wheels are also overpriced, compared to a lot of the aftermarket wheels. So, I went to America’s Tire Co. and they took pretty good care of me. They actually took a wheel I was looking at and put it on my car so I could see it in person, which I think is pretty nice, they didn’t really have to do that and a lot of companies wouldn’t. He knocked $3 off each wheel (which isn’t much, but was still kinda nice) which brought the price down to $130/wheel which is really good. He also bought two of my tires for $20/each and threw in new lug nuts, valve stems and caps for free; they were good valve stems too.. nice metal ones, not that rubber cheap ones that a lot of places use.
So, there’s a good side and a bad side. This used all the money I had put aside for the bike, but I do have a nice set of new 17″ wheels and tires. I had needed new tires too..my front ones were bald and about ready to blow out anyways.
I wheels I got are Enkei DM5’s. I like them…and they grow on me more and more. I also got wider tires this time around.. went from 205/60-15’s to 215/45-17’s. I wanted to put 225’s on, but I’m glad I didn’t..I don’t think they would actually fit without rubbing in the rear. Most 3 series BMW’s can take up to a 245 in the rear, but since my car is lowered, I would have to roll the rear fenders to make that fit.
So, here’s a pic of the goods.
So, Justin finally brought in pictures of the bike he’s willing to sell me.
Here’s a pic of the actual bike:
You know, the ones with the 12 keys, plus like 50 different function keys.. well, we’ve had them at work ever since I started working here, and it took me like a week to learn how to use it, but I could never get the headset to work right.. well, I’m proud to say, 1 year later, I have finally managed to do it.. so..here I am at work, with my headset on..feeling on proud of myself 
America’s funniest home video style video collage of cats doing all the funny things cats do…
At least, the coolest one I’ve seen all year. Totaly made me grin with a few laughs. Good clean fun 
see–the internet is not ALL gross octopus movies.
Cappella Nintento songs…QuickTime required
So, today, I witnessed the most disgusting thing on the Internet. I’ve seen almost everything on the Internet, and this blew me away. I’m not going to post a link, or even describe it, because it was THAT gross. I just wanted to express my shock at seeing something on the Internet that still surprised me
My friend Nadia sent me this… I got a couple of good laughs from it.. enjoy.
The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year’s winners:
1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.
8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate’s disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon: It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido: All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.
And the pick of the literature:
18. Ignoranus: A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.