In all honesty I wasn’t sure what to expect. I truly thought that VP Harris was going to pull off the win just a few days ago. Ever since the one debate where Trump sucked it up I thought Harris had pulled ahead and would keep that momentum going to Election Day. I didn’t think…
The 4runner repair update
Well, I was expecting the write this update last week, and needles to say I didn’t get that chance. And now you get to find out why: As I mentioned before I got the struts all installed without too much issue over a weekend. And I then I took the car to a local Toyota…
What is that on the Mountain on Halloween
Well, I knew it was cold, but here is what I saw on the mountain just east of us this morning. Yep – snow! It is October, what is with that? I know, I know, I live somewhere colder now (multiple below freezing mornings this week already). Something to get used to. It is all…
Politics and Church
I know another political blog, what is with that? It is the current atmosphere here in the USA that is getting me into the whole politics thing I think. So, sorry about this. I am sure some of you will agree with me on these things. I am sure some of you will disagree on…
My First Blowout
Now that I live in Idaho I have a number of new things I get to experience. I got to experience one this weekend. That is a blowout. What is a blowout you may ask? Well, our yards here are all watered using irrigation water. We get that via sprinklers here, and not flood irrigation…
Plumbing Job – Water Filtration!
The house here in Idaho has a soft water system already hooked to the house. As a family we decided very quickly that we all hated it and I turned it off and bypassed it within a couple weeks f being here. But the family did want a whole house water filter. we had one…
Voting – Go Vote
Hey people – go and vote (assuming you are legally allowed to). It is something we get to do here in the United States of America. It is generally safe, and it is generally corruption free*. I don’t care who you vote for as long as you are doing some research on your voting. Don’t…
A “New” Way of Solving a Physics Question
I have been teaching physics for a while now (this is year 22 for me not counting teaching while still in college). Over those years I have given the following question on and off pretty regularly. “Captain Bialar Crais has a mass of 81-kg, and he has been captures in a secret laboratory. He wants…
Strut Work (and an added bonus job)
This last weekend I had the pleasure of replacing the shock/struts on the front of my 4runner. The car has 160000+ miles on it and I have never done the struts before. I am not convinced they NEEDED to be replaced, but there has been quite a bit of squeaking type noise coming from the…