Almost Died Saturday!!

Ok, so saturday I head over to my parents to mow. I did set a record time of 5 hrs, probably because I only stopped once for a bathroom break, and skipped lunch. Not to sound bad, but knowing how much sun I get while mowing their yard, I took an old t-shirt and ripped off the sleeves, because I did not want a farmers tan across my upper arms (insert guns joke here).

So here is what a z-track looks like. I am not sure if the model is exact (as in the 722 vs 716 etc model) but this is what one looks like.

Ok, so when I mow as most people do, I split the yard into sections. I was in the front yard, on the side across the creek that runs east-west on their property. It is one of the worst sections because the ground is eroded around the creek, lots of dust, and the incline is pretty serious by the street. Well I have always mowed the area of the incline to a certain spot, then stopped, and cut the grass going up the incline onto the street. No different this time right.

So as I'm giving it some gas and going up, the blades of the mower deck catch the street, so I pull back on the handles, disengage the blades (turn them off) and then push forward to go over the crest onto the street. Well the mower deck still catches, so like an idiot I push down on the pedal that raises the deck, for when you drive over things, and guess what. I pop a wheelie. Not like a yeeehaw driving down the road looking cool wheelie, but the front of the z-track pops up, and I balance there, somehow on the back tires. I probably sat there, leaning forward for at least a whole minute, not sure what to do. I thought about killing the engine, and yelling at my dad in the front yard to come save my life, because if this thing flips over backwards, I'll be underneath it. Thinking twice about that, I tempted fate and tried barely pushing forward and pushing backward on the handles, I could feel it wanting to tip, so I just sat still, after what seemed like 5 minutes, the z-track sat back down, maybe it was the wind, I don't know, but I got onto level ground, shut down, and breathed deeply for a few minutes.

Let's get a laugh after all that.

This was sent by my buddy in Atlanta, thank god the sign is posted, or the accidents it would cause!












Next up is something that might be fun to own. But only if I could do something other than what this is intended for. I picture myself soaking tennis balls in gasoline, or putting it on a chair and letting a buddy sit down on it.
Is it a tennis racket? No sir eee.
Take a look at their product site.
Electric Fly Swatter

Yes, it's a 1500 volt bug zapper!




Now for some good pics. Last night I finally made my Amaretto Float recipe.

This first shot is pretty much all the ingredients you need.

• Amaretto
• Chilled Espresso
• Vanilla Ice Cream
• Cream Soda
• And a glass (duh

Yes, it's a SoCo glass, it came with the bottle of Southern Comfort in my cabinet. How did it turn out? It was gone in about 5 minutes, and I almost made a second!

The rest of the weekend? Well I got pretty burnt Saturday, so the rest of that day, consisted of a nap, coating my arms and feet (worst spots) with lotion. Sunday I made it into town to get some lunch, wash the car, fill up the gas tank, and finally.......the iPod is back!

Luckily I had a revelation, and this time, before I tried installing the audiobook onto it, which caused this mess in the first place. I used a program called 'Anapod CopyGear' once all my (well 98%, I couldnt find a few on the HD) songs were back on it. This backed up my whole iPod to a folder, something like 3700 songs. So I break out the install directions on my audiobook. (iSync Italian, a language learning audiobook) I follow the steps, and it's looking good, this time, I was patient, and walked away and let it do it's work. A little while later and come back, and guess what, the audiobook is there, but all the music is gone!!

Luckily, all I had to do was drag the contents of the backup folder, to put the songs back on. Who knows how long it took for that, I started it and walked away for a few hours.

Let's see what else.....
I added an RSS feed to Kelly's blog in the sidebar------>
A link to my Public 'Netvibes Page' (check it out and leave a message there! ------->

Instead of filling Friday with trailers this week (I know I haven't lately) I think I'll give you one or two a day.

X-Files:I Want to Believe



Oh ya, on my netvibes page you can watch a picture slide show (pretty much all Italy) I created using a site called Slide.com.

Here it is. (you can click the 'view all' link to make a jump and not sit through the puzzle animation, which is kinda cool.)

ok, I typed too much, so until tomorrow,

ciao!