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New Addition to the Garage

geek — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 03:17:52 +0000

Today we picked up Val’s new ride, a 2012 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon. People who aren’t “car people” will ask “why?” but the answer is quite simple, and will be understood by our fellow enthusiasts – because we can!

Winter Camp 2012

geek — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:24:57 +0000

It was pointed out to me recently that I never post things here any more…

We just got back from our annual visit to Andy & Biggi’s for the Val Birthday Weekend extravaganza. It was a great time as always, complete with fireworks. Thanks again my friends for a wonderful, relaxing weekend!

Clicky this linky for the pictures.

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.