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1770.2 total miles. for a while in the morning on sunday, we were getting 31.1 mpg. helped the last part of the trip as to saving fuel. however. the mountains of flagstaff dropped it down to 28.6. still not to shabby for a 75 mile per hour drive! it’s a good little car! yep. arizona [...]

in moriarty nm. have to do the stats tomorrow. i forgot to write them down. mileage sucked today. always a wind. strong at times. but otherwise a very nice ride. it’s 8:30 here, but it feels like 9:30 and so, bed is likely very soon. the car is holding up well. it’s not terribly uncomfortable. [...]

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out to the lake for memorial day weekend! back home last night. all set for work today! last night, the hawks – the mighty blackhawks took a 2-0 lead in the stanley cup! woohoo!!! not that i am a hockey fan, cause i’m not. but i am a chicago fan. hell, i even rooted for [...]

i felt sorry for the president as well as those that expected him to speak today in elmwood, il. the weather in illinois changes every 10 minutes, so to some extent it must have been expected. i hope that everyone had thoughts of the men and women that protect us 24x7x365. i know that i [...]

the good: two of my kids hooked up with me on twitter. devin and ian. interesting tweets. my better half has started her observations for school. won’t be long now before kids will be bringing her apples. there was a reunion of the hudson flight survivors. what a great story. last weeks house episode was [...]

well. not really. have to finish 2009 for techjoe. doesn’t that sound like fun? trying a new project this year. it’s the whole 365 pictures which = 1 picture a day. i took 13 yesterday to get one that i liked. guess i’ll put it up sometime today, along with a new one. sat around [...]

to all… i hope that you had a terrific holiday season! that it was safe and that it was warm. i think that first, i would like to say kudos to my far better half. she has worked hard at her schooling to become a teacher. i have no worries what kind of teacher she [...]

here is a friend of mines site. i enjoy his humor and his drawings. political slant. good humor. give it a try. what can it hurt? http://oftheseends.com see ya there…