Rockets

We had an Amazing Family Reunion where the whole family minus a few hardy folks got horribly sick. We managed however to play way to much 'Ticket to Ride' and Shoot a 2 liter bottle 150 feet in the air. Maybe higher, we were afraid of going over 85 psi on the bottle, I didn't want to pick plastic shrapnel out of my face. Anyway there was all sorts of other things we did, guns, 4 wheelers, swimming, shopping for watches.

Observations:

• I am getting to a place where a highlight of vacations and reunions are definitely the kids.
• It seems that playing with cousin is about as fun as life gets. I always look forward to time with cousins. I wonder why this is.
• As I watch the young kids play I realize how old I am, and how old I must seem to them.
• Hunger Games is a good book.
  

New Development

Alright.. so I know that I thought that I had something good going before.. but now I really think that this is better. Who's with me?

I find it cleaner, I like the icon/logo better with the tilted bolts and the box. plus it matches the colors on the program interface..

Vote

Alright.. I need input - top or bottom one? green or blue? (blue like below) The little rivets to the left are just going to be an icon not necessarily part of the logo... any suggestions? I think the bottom one is more engineer like and the top is a little more stylish. I also think the bottom one is more timeless and the top one is a little more with the times. but who says I cant change it in a year or two?

Teaser

This is the First Draft of the New Software Logo!

What do you think?

www.projectrivet.com

Love

These are the most precious things...

James Laughing

Manhatten

James and Dad at the park on south tip of Manhatten.

James loves lakes..

Or at least I think he will.

Lake winner pa sock e - Picture 1

This is an air chair, and my wife in fantastic form. I love the rope in this picture, frozen in time.

Global Warming

31,478 American scientists have signed this petition, including 9,029 with PhDs.

It says global warming science is bogus.

I went to an engineering conference and this big wig Phd engineer from Seattle who is the authority on projecting the effects of global warming on engineering water projects gave a seminar. He taught us how to project the effects of global warming using existing models. At the end of his speech he showed us some slides on the temperature. Interestingly He doesn't believe in global warming, as a matter of fact he said we should be far more concerned in his opinion about it getting cold. This from the guy who gets payed huge sums of money to predict global warming effects, in his defense all he did was apply the global warming predictions made by other scientists to engineering projects, a capitalist.


Read the Scientific article that goes with the petition, its interesting:

http://www.petitionproject.org/gw_article/GWReview_OISM300.pdf

As I side note I don't claim to know the truth about global warming. There's too many experts saying too many things... If you follow the money it looks dirty. I don't personally believe it, but who knows i could be wrong.

James in Maryland

While James and Lauren have been in Maryland recovering, Lauren has been sending me these videos. They are great. The quality is really good for being from her phone.

Saint George

This is a fun bouldering spot.

This looks weak, But I was scared every time I did it. It looks bigger as your going off it. Thanks to Brian T. for this shot. He went off it too.

The Williams and Lisonbees came down... I wanted to put pictures of the whole gang, but all I had was us in swim suits, and Lauren was not going to let those pictures fly... Fun weekend.

SOLD - ish

So, here is the sad story: I ended up taking the Porsche to the mechanic to get it looked at. Turns out the fuel pump was only half the problem, the CSI (fuel injection system) was messed up. So it was going to cost like $700 to fix that business. The mechanic spent $300 bones trying to figure out what was wrong. I offered him the title to the car, he said "The title plus $50 bucks..." I jumped on it.

It was a sad day.. I'm out $200 in total (including my Rustolium paint job). The mechanic will probably have it running tomorrow... and sell it for like $2000. you have to admit the satin black was a definite improvement, not amazing but still pretty cool. I think it looked better in person.

And that is chapter 1 in the story of me trying to own a sports car.

Tooth

James has a tooth, at under 5 months. Bottom right middle tooth.

James in Dots

My boy chillen in his bumbo... look at his chubby hands

Batmobile

Sanding and Primer coat. You can see I already sanded a little on the primer coat in this picture. The flat black idea kinda died. Lauren really hates the idea, I got plenty of negative feedback. I met this professial painter at the autopaint store told him my story and peaked his interst, He ended up at my house giving me tips on how to utilize my air compressor, and paint sprayer better, he actually offered to paint it white for free with me at his shop cause he has extra white paint. But his shop is in Spanish Fork... And he was just being nice he didnt want to, so I declined.

Any way I went to get some gloss black and they were out, so I decided to do the next coat in Satin Black.... pictures to come. The satin is actually pretty nice. its not shiney enough to show off all the dings and imperfections, but its not so backyard ratttle can flat.

Outlier Clothing

These cloths are awesome... I dig the 4 season OG Pant here is there description:

"Crisply professional looking in the office but you can rock them like Dickies with sneakers or boots. They stretch, breathe and are abrasion resistant for comfort in motion. Self cleaning, water and grease resistant to handle the elements. Tailored in New York City for style and quality."

Plus what kind of shoes is that dude wearing, they are rad.. its the perfect man outfit... you have oil and grease resistant pants that look good in the office, and you can work in the garage with them.. or go camping, biking.. etc. Sign me up... minus the $180 price tag.. check out the web site

Porsche 924

So I bought my first Porsche. It is arguably the uglest porsche ever made. I will say that it has some retro charm to it. It was $125.00 dollars. I just thought that I couldnt lose, i can sell it to the junk yard for that much. It doesnt start... yet. Its a fuel line problem cause it will start with starter fluid. Im going to start with the fuel filter, then the relay (fuse), then the pump. i hope its not he pump they are like $200 bucks.. and theres 2 on this car one in the tank and one inline.

It's a 2.0 liter water cooled fuel injected motor... state of the art for 1979, we were born in the same year. the sun roof is HUGE the roof essentaily comes off. The car already looks different.. I took the sander to it. and I have started priming with rustoluem. I think that Im going to paint it flat black, cause the body isn't straight enough to look good at all with a gloss. plus flat black is the new black. look it up.. or go to L.A.

This is my motorcycle substitute. I really wanted a 944 turbo. They have like 265 Hp stock, and look way better, plus they are newer. Hopefully I will make this one look alright, sell it and move up to the 944 turbo. Then after the 944 is fixed I can upgrade to an older 911. Sounds like a good plan to me.

There are other inexpensive options for a fast car. I looked at honda civics. with all the trimmings.. they make those fast!, older Subaru WRX's, older BMW's with big old engines, domestic muscle ( I think I would get a chevy chevelle ). Anyway this is step one on my way to a fast car.

Working towards a pushup...

Well I think that James Kelly would be crawling if he could do a pushup. He gets his legs under him like he's crawling but his head stays down and he motors forward with his head plowing the way. Its awesome, he just wants to go someplace, I dont think he knows where he wants to go... but hes certainly trying to go there.

Early Morning

This is typical of what I leave in the early morning. Its hard to leave, Lucy always B-lines it to my spot on the bed, and James is so smiley in the morning.