As of approximately 6:30 tonight I am now legally allowed to ride a motor cycle, as I passed my endorsement exam! The exam was not all that difficult, but some of the questions were worded oddly and that caused me a moments hesitation. I had my certificate from passing my rider course, so i did not have to take the riding exam, only the written. In about two weeks I should have a new license with my endorsements on it. Now it is time to seriously look into getting a motor cycle, nothing to big, just something to start off with. Eventually I would like to get a Harley though. All in due time I guess.
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Basic Rider Course
Tonight I finished and passed my Basic (Motorcycle) Rider Course. This means that as soon as I go to the Secretary of State and pass a written exam I will be certified to ride motorcycle. I took the class over two weeks (four nights one week two nights the next) and finished tonight with both a riding and written test. By no means do I consider myself a good rider yet, but that will come with practice. Now I need to start looking into finances and see if I can afford to get a motorcycle of my own and determine when I will take the written test for the state. In any event I am now much closer to getting my own motorcycle.
Evil Genius at Work
I am 78% Evil Genius.
I am pure evil. I lie awake at night devising schemes of world domination, and I will not rest until all living souls bend to my will.
My Tivo Gets Me
Or at least I hope it will. Tonight I finally joined the DVR realm and purchased my first Tivo, an 80hr series 2 model that does a whole lot more than just record TV. Some things it can do are:
- Online scheduling
- Transfer shows to my laptop and iPod
- Access my digital music and digital photos off my laptop.
- Even download new movies to my TV.
I finally decided to get a Tivo because Radio Shack had a sale going on where the DVR itself would be free after rebates. I did pay for 1 year of service, which cost me roughly $180, which is cheaper than the unit by itself, and I have 30 days to decide if I want to keep it or not.
Finally, More Pictures in Kylie’s Gallery
I have finally gotten around to adding pictures to Kylie’s gallery! I think I am now caught up through year 2, with the obvious exception of any images I lost during my hard drive failure while I was out in MN. All the pictures can be found in her year two gallery. I have pictures ready to start her year three gallery; I just need to find time to get them up. I think I will be doing that gallery differently though. I think I will be doing it in the form Year 3 – June 07 – Date, so there will still potentially be 12 albums but each album could potentially have as many sub albums as days in the month. We will see how that goes, I think it will be easier to implement and more organizational, plus I will be able to tell quicker what days I took the pictures on.
Cemetery Pictures
After being home for three months, I have finally gotten around to locating and uploading the pictures I took of the Fort Snelling National Cemetery. I took these images on the first day I was in MN while I was out trying to find my way from the hotel to work. This is the first, and so far only, National Cemetery that I have been in and both the size and uniformity of it was astonishing. Unlike the pictures of the other cemeteries I have been to, this one does not really have images of individual headstones, but rather panoramic views of the vast sea of white stones. They can be found here
A New Cemetery
Today I made my way to Bethlehem Cemetery, which I found over on Jackson Road in Ann Arbor last week because I had to pass it to get to the hotel where my family was staying. I only managed to make it maybe a quarter of the way through this cemetery, not because it is very large, although it is a good size, but because of what I found there. I was in the middle of taking a picture when I heard a car coming down the aisle I was on, knowing I was going to have to move my truck I turned and started to head towards it, when I caught a glimpse of the vehicle; it was a hearse. My first thought was “Oh no, there is a funeral procession and here I am taking pictures,” but then I caught a better glimpse out of the corner of my eye and had to stop and look. That is when I saw Possessed, a 1985 Chevy Hearse that had been custom painted with some of the most detailed demons and spirits that I have ever seen. With the permission of the owner, a very nice woman named Melissa, I took probably 45 pictures of her car with the cemetery for a backdrop. I tried to get as much details into the pictures as possible, which is the reason I have so many. It was probably my most unusual find in a cemetery to date, and in addition to the images of the car Melissa was able to tell me about some other cemeteries in the area, hopefully I will be able to get to some of those this summer as well. As soon as I get them ready I will add all the pictures from this cemetery to the gallery.