It appears that despite buying the best model Pilot that Honda has to offer, there simply is no good way to get my MP3s pumping over my speakers. It has a 6 disc CD changer – but nope, doesn’t play MP3s. It has a DVD player, but nope it doesn’t play MP3s. Now the crazy thing is that if I had gotten the LX model I could have gotten an 8 disc changer, and a [...]

Well I think today I did every single thing a person can do at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. I went in today to register the Pilot. Now you know that while I did pass the Element along to Kara, I’m not about to give up my QUIXOTE plate. So I had to do a little 3 Card Monty with licenses plates. The Civic plates went to the Element and the Element plates to the [...]

Hook By – Blues Traveler It doesn’t matter what I say So long as I sing with inflection That makes you feel that I’ll convey Some inner truth of vast reflection But I’ve said nothing so far And I can keep it up as long as it takes And it don’t matter who you are If I’m doing my job, it’s your resolve that breaks Because the hook brings you back I ain’t tellin’ you [...]

A new day is dawning. The Comcast Empire is in full retreat. FiOS, here I come. At long last the fine folks at Verizon have finished installing all the fiber optic cable in the neighborhood and I have the green light to get hooked up. It took quite a battle to finally get the correct information. Verizon.com tells me that its not available in my area. Horse pucky; I watched them laying it myself. So [...]

I finally manged to get a copy of Josh Joplin’s new CD Jaywalker and I’m totally digging it. It’s certainly a great way to start a new year. Jaywalkers of The World By Josh Joplin Department store windows dress in their best clothes The streets are snowy and wet She holds out her hand bag and bullfights with cabs But no one’s picked her up yet And so she leaves, and she leaves And hope [...]