Chainsaw madness

This weekend I learned how to sharpen chainsaw blades. This has proven to be very valuable, saving me money by not having to replace blades everytime I would carelessly touch the blade to the ground. I have also learned that a new blade is not necessarily sharpest when new, I noticed right away that the blade I had sharpened was cutting alot faster than even the brand new one I had just finished ruining. It is very suprising how fast a blade will go dull with just the slightest of contact with dirt, sand, or other foreign matter. It turns out chainsaw blades are only for cutting wood. If the Texas chainsaw massacre movie was real, that guy would've had to change blades everytime he cut into anything or anyone! The other thing I've learned while sectioning this 60 foot long, 32" diameter oak tree is that chainsaw bar oil is a must! Not only oil in the reservoir that pumps oil onto the blade internally, but pouring oil directly onto the bar and into the cut works wonders too. More to come...

Future flat tire avoided!

This always sucks to find sticking out of your tire. Fortunately for me it was noticed before I was sitting on the side of the road. Hats off to Jeep for providing owners with a full sized spare!

Man Fire Food

Well I thought for sure I'd have some awesome pics to share of me cutting up the giant oak tree that I was supposed to work on this weekend, but instead I wound up working on lessor projects all weekend. Which on the one hand its always good to tie up little loose ends around the house, on the other hand, it dosent make for exciting blog action.
However, working all weekend makes you hungry. So man turns to his grill. Here's the list of cool stuff on the grill; t-bone steaks, asparagus, beer-boiled bratwurst, asiago stuffed red peppers, chicken and grape salad stuffed green peppers, sliced potatoes and onions, a head of lettuce, and last but not least -my favorite- grilled pineapple! Throw in a few beers, and we've got some happy times ahead. I consider the weekend a success just based on this meal coming together alone.

What the hell happened to LEGO's ?!!!

Seriously, wtf happened to LEGOs? Used to be they were bricks, axles, wheels, planks, and if you were lucky a hinge. God I remember getting my first Lego hinge- the possibilities seemed endless to me then. I think I even stole the first cool Lego hinge I got from some lucky neighbor kids collection.
I guess when you're building a zombie gangster Lego crack house you need a zombie crack dealer, complete with firearm and crooked baseball hat! It's truly sad to me...

Tree Down

We have a 60 foot tall, 80 year old (or older?) red-oak tree that has been felled. Soon it will be time to split this monster up. Chainsaw madness! Chainsaws can be fun, or chainsaws can totally suck. This is why we will see a few posts soon about how the job is progressing, and a few words about operating the chainsaw. More to come...

Friday June 10th

So it's Friday, June 10th, 2011. I've decided to start writing more on the blog. A significant development supporting this effort is the fact that technology has finally caught up with my mobile world- the ability to blog from my iPhone! We will be testing this method for awhile as there are several apps available that support blogging from a mobile device.

Having shifted into "Mobile Blog Mode" (or MBM) I thought I should post a photo that shows where I am blogging from today. The VIX trading pit, on the floor of the CBOE. Kinda slow today, allowing me to blog this.

1983 Porsche 928

Hot

102 degress outside today, just 2 days after it was 60 degrees outside. What is up with the weather?

2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited

Hello. This is a test of the headless squirrel mobile blog network system.