October 25, 2013

Backends Continued…

Seriously BMW? You make some of the coolest cars on the market today (and tomorrow), including the soon to exist, and totally awesome 2015 M235i, but just can’t figure out how to make the back look like something you wouldn’t mind following (because let’s face it, you’re going to be following the M235i, it’s going to be mighty quick). Nice wide mouth, the signature kidney grilles aren’t connected to the headlights (good, they’ve been learning something!

October 25, 2013

Hot Hatches != Stealthy

Hot hatchbacks should not be stealthy. I coworker of mine recently purchased a new Ford Focus ST, in silver. Silver?!? It’s the hottest hatchback Ford has ever sold in the US of A, and it unfortunately looks like a rental in silver. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Focus ST; it’s on my very short list of cars from 2013 that I would actually buy with my own money, and it’s definitely the best of the latest round of hot hatchbacks (although I must say I prefer the European version with 5 doors rather than the tri-door example they sell over here).

October 24, 2013

Manhole Covers

Why ruin a perfectly good road with manhole covers every 20 feet? I understand the need for manhole covers, there’s got to be a way for maintenance crews to get down to the sewers and make sure all is well down there. However, it is pretty excessive to one literally every 20ft, tarnishing a freshly paved road. After months of work, and shattering my suspension on rocky, half-paved and dirt roads to get to my humble abode, the city gov.

October 10, 2013

Theft of Focus

Oh Windows. I have grown up with you, loved you since a young age when I didn’t know there were any alternatives, any other ways to use a computer. While things have changed over the years, I still really enjoy using Windows. However, I have one major gripe with it (and don’t think Windows is the only guilty operating system here, there are many more I can assure you). Here’s my gripe: pop-up windows, or other applications, stealing focus of the keyboard when I’m in the middle of typing, or for any other reason.

September 13, 2013

Human Nature and Parking

Today’s topic: why do people have to park right next to me when I’m parked miles away from everyone else, and how is that act related to human nature. Seriously though, if I’m parked way out in the boonies, there’s a reason for it, and my reason is I don’t want my car to get dinged by Mom’s carrying a kid and tons of groceries, kids on their cell phones, or any other careless idiot who doesn’t respect cars and other peoples’ property like they should.

September 2, 2013

Freddy’s Stack Rock Trail, Boise ID

Directions to Parking Lot: Follow Harrison Blvd as it turns into Bogus Basin Road zero your trip computer (odometer) at Curling Drive by Highland Elementary School Drive up Bogus Basin Road for 11.9 fun, switchback-filled miles park in an unmarked side-road parking area to the left of the road Hiking Directions: head south west on trail from parking lot when you walk through a narrow, rocky and tree-covered section of trail and out into wide section of path that is a driveway up and to the right, continue going down (south) follow this well-traveled trail around the side of the hill, and go straight when you run into a fork in the path (designated by a rock with a stick in it), note you came from the left fork (which will be on your right when you return) keep going until you run into the East Side trail (#120) fork, and take a left.

August 29, 2013

Backends

Based on that title, I bet you were hoping for a post about ladies bottoms. Well sorry, go spend some time on Reddit if that’s what you’re looking for. Today I’m discussing the backsides of cars these days. Seriously, what’s with all of the new cars these days that look interesting, angry, unique or otherwise cool from the front but are ruined by the hideous, bulbous, and generally chunky backs? BMW, Cadillac, Lexus, Volkswagen, all the big names are just as guilty as one another.

August 12, 2013

Leadership

Over the years I’ve read quite a few books, listened to many lectures, and just generally “learned” more than I care to learn about others views on leadership. So here’s mine: First things first, you can’t learn how to be the leader you want to be just by reading a few books. A majority of leadership books I’ve read are just studies performed in controlled environments about the stories and abilities of a handful of folks who went from being average-joe-workers to CEOs.

June 20, 2013

Extracurriculars

Now that I’ve graduated college, and will be “settling down” into a ~40 hour a week job, from being a full time student AND working two jobs totaling ~30 hours a week, I’m going to have a lot of free time. I definitely plan on writing more (so check back here more often :P), reading more for pleasure (rather than pain, I mean for boring classes), getting more exercise and spending more time outside whilst the weather is nice, and finally, playing the stacks of video games I’ve had building up for the past few years that I haven’t got a chance to play yet.