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Z06 Road Trip

geek — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:43:21 +0000

Pictures from VIR:

http://www.lazyassgeek.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=132

Pictures from RCR Museum & Vineyard

http://www.lazyassgeek.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=133

Pictures from JGR and arrival in Pell City

http://www.lazyassgeek.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=134

Cherry Tree 2010

geek — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:50:05 +0000

With Val’s help bringing the convertible down from Guam last night we managed to continue the tradition that started back in 2006 when I brought the vert home from NCM and gave her the first wash to remove the road trip grime. The blooms probably peaked on Sunday but the tree was still looking pretty good yesterday and evening is definitely the best time to take the shots, which is obvious when you look at the 2009 pics. I decided for 2010 I’d do something different and took the pics with the front of the car facing the camera.

After the 2010 pics I’ll also include the prior years, I missed 2008 due to the trip to Europe with Andy & Biggi. It’s interested the way the dates varied. In 2006 it was April 10, in 2007 it was the 21st, 2009 the 12th and now this year it was the 5th. So thanks to Mother Nature for the gift of an early Spring this year!

Cherry Tree 2010 Z06

Cherry Tree 2010 Vert

2009 Cherry Tree Z06

Cherry Tree 2009 Vert

Cherry Tree 2007

Cherry Tree 2006

My First Forza Movie

geek — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:02:57 +0000

C5Z06 vs Veyron

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Blizzard 2010

geek — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:25:01 +0000

OK, this is just ridiculous.

http://www.lazyassgeek.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=128

PNC at the Simeone Foundation Museum

geek — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:54:23 +0000

Yesterday evening Val & I went again to the Simeone Museum, this time as guests of PNC. They hold quarterly wine & dine events for customers at various locations and when our dad passed along the invite for this one it was a no-brainer to attend. We had toured the museum in the spring with a group from the Corvette Forum but both had managed to forget to take a camera. This time armed with my recently-acquired digital SLR and its make-me-a-hero-in-low-light image stabilization lens we were able to get some great shots. Click the 1909 American Underslung (referring to the suspension slung under the chassis) to take you to the gallery.

1909 American Underslung

Dover Race 2009

geek — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:36:28 +0000

After last year’s June Dover race Joe & I had decided we weren’t going to do THAT again. Pretty boring race and god awful traffic were the main culprits, regardless of the fact that we were very well taken care of by the Haas folks in their suite. Just after that it was announced that Tony Stewart was taking half ownership of the team and that he and Ryan Newman would be driving for the team. So when Ed from Lance Co (the mid Atlantic Haas dealer & service reps) proffered an invitation to this year’s race in September we had to do a 180 in our thinking and give it another shot. This time Val joined us, so in addition to enjoying the race with her we also had a designated driver!

We had another great pit tour, even with bouts of pouring rain. So thanks to Mariah from Haas Racing for showing us around and taking care of us in the suite, even though she wouldn’t rig the drawing to get us a damned hat. The race was a bit more interesting this year, though almost inevitably Jimmie Johnson finally got to the front and ran away with it. We decided we were just going to take our time before getting into the car, even went to the Applebee’s just in front of the track to grab a bite to eat. Even two hours after the race ended the parking lot was still backed up getting out, but we managed to get home in about 2 hours from the time we got in the car. Not awful, but we are still less-than-impressed with the job the folks from the track do with the logistics. Nothing like being charged $10 to park and then having almost nothing in the way of organization with the local infrastructure to move the traffic in & out. I’ll step down off the box before I really get rolling… Thanks to Ed and the folks at Lance as well as the Haas Racing folks for a great day.

Click the monster for the pics from the day…

Miles the Monster

Pics from the new dSLR

geek — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:21:26 +0000

Sports Likes His New Bed

Nice Butts

Goodbye Congo Girl

geek — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:58:43 +0000

I’ll attempt to avoid becoming too maudlin in this post, but it will likely be difficult. On Saturday September 12, 2009 we lost our Congo Girl. She had a seizure of some sort on Friday evening just before I got home from work and never recovered. We made her as comfortable as we could, putting her in our bathroom in a towel-lined box – a quiet, dark place so she could rest comfortably, which is what experience, the internet and Val’s vet all recommended doing(forget about finding an Avian Vet on the weekend). She looked like she maybe was rebounding a bit but very early Saturday morning, around 5:30am, we heard her squawk and ran into the bathroom and she faded away just after we got there.

It was a very difficult morning in the house, having to take care of her and relive it a bit each time one of the kids woke up and we had to tell them. Our Boogie Chicken was with me for over 21 years (she was 22) and even though they only lived with her for a few months and knew her for only a few months longer than that, I know she had become as much family to Val and the kids as she was to me. Losing her hurt us all. It’s always those little things that get to you the most – catching yourself thinking you should save some crust from your pizza for her, saving newspapers for her cage, hearing the kids next door whistling to her(they loved hearing her out the window next to her cage and didn’t know she had died) or the reflex to go put the cover on the cage when you’re heading for bed. So much for avoiding maudlin, but I’ll consider writing this therapy of some sort.

Congo

She was a very much loved Chicken and I think a very happy one herself. We will all miss you very much Congo Girl.

Sport Goes to Summer Camp

geek — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:33:25 +0000

Andy & Biggi, in a display of suspect sanity, generously invited us to return to their home this summer, so we invaded last weekend. Andy wasn’t able to join us until late on Thursday after a business trip but we drove up late Wednesday, arriving at 1:30am Thursday. We finally got to meet the new additions to the family – Scarlet & Filou! It being the middle of the night they were wound up and ready to go after Biggi set them free from the bedroom where she’d kept them while we were unloading. They never really showed any fear of Sport and ensconced on the cat tree (where they generally sleep away the daylight hours) they obviously felt quite safe. By the next morning they didn’t even need that and ran around on the floor with Sport there the way they normally would.

After a short night’s sleep we took it fairly easy on Thursday, stocking up on groceries for the weekend, enjoying the gorgeous day on the newly-improved deck (great job on the underside of the roof Peter & Crystal!). The kids even ventured out onto the pond in the canoe, dragging Val along for the first trip. Sport quickly got over any fear he had of the water once he saw the kids out on the canoe and practically dove in, then trying to swim out to them. He had a ball running in & out of the water. We finished up with a pizza party and some Rock Band and managed to be awake when Andy got home, though we weren’t awake long after that!

On Friday we headed into Kittery to take in the outlets and make the inevitable run out to Nubble Light so Val and the kids could see what it feels like when it’s not 20 below zero. Biggi did a great job not falling asleep on her 30th visit of 2009 to that lighthouse.

As we were driving home the clouds ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Danny started to build and we decided to call an audible and swap our plans for a bonfire from Saturday to Friday. Andy had mowed the yard while we were gone and had built up the makings of the bonfire. Biggi made a killer noodle salad with pieces of kielbasa chopped up to go along with potatoes baked in foil in the fire and sausages (brats, italian sausages and cheddarwursts) cooked on sticks over the fire. We loaded up the feast into trailer on the back of the mower and headed to water’s edge to enjoy, and enjoy we most certainly did. Melissa enjoyed the fire to a frightening degree!

We enjoyed the sausages and accompaniments by the fire and when it was dark enough we fired off the fireworks Andy & I had made a run for late in the day. They were great, except the “big” finally box was set a little too close to the water and wound up sliding in before it was finished, so they didn’t all fire and the last couple were far closer to the ground than they were designed to be after firing FROM the water. Regardless, they were great and we’ll do better next time! We finished up just in time to avoid the rain as Danny arrived right about the time we had everything unloaded and put away. We spent the rest of the evening jamming out to Rock Band, of course.

The rain pounded on the house all night and off and on through Saturday as well but since we had stocked up for the weekend on Thursday we didn’t have to leave the house. It made for a great lazy day until it came time to make schnitzel. Melissa got to help Biggi so now she knows how and we’re going to torture her into making it for us for sure! Biggi’s friend Marissa and her dog Rita joined us that evening, Marissa for dinner and Rock Band, Rita to torture Sport. Sport was very good around her and seemed to just want to play but Rita, a German Shepard, is VERY protective of Marissa and didn’t want him anywhere near her.

After a short morning with coffee and making our requisite guest book entries we loaded up Joe’s Acadia and piled in for the trip home. We saw TONS of Vettes when we got to I-84 down in Connecticut and again on I-78 in PA. They were all on the way home from the annual Corvettes at Carlisle event, which I have yet to make it to. It quickly reached the point that it wasn’t worth calling them out as they went by, there were just too many. Other than some traffic on the Mass Turnpike we had a fairly uneventful but safe trip home so the recovery from another awesome weekend in NH could begin.

Thank you again to our fabulous friends Andy & Biggi. You guys blow us away every time we visit with how welcome and at home we are made to feel there, even though we invade with 3 teens and a dog! Unfortunately for you that just means you’ll see us again soon.

All of the pics we posted from the weekend can be found by clicking here.

Here, I fixed that

geek — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:01:31 +0000

Click for the original…..