Harry's Ruminations

I sequestered myself all weekend. It was wonderful! I'm lightly sunburned, but my grass is mowed and I rotated the tires and flushed the brakes on my car, as well as washing both of 'em. I organized the garage a bit, so I can (once again!) get both cars inside.

(In other news, my life now revolves around Kate Beckinsdale movies) I loved this movie the first time I watched it. It was called Tora, Tora, Tora and Thirty Seconds over Tokyo . Many of the supporting cast are an unexpected delight, particularly Cuba Gooding, Jr as Petty Officer Miller, and Jon Voight as President Roosevelt. The main love triangle...meh. Not plausible in the least. Additionally, yeah, a P-40 outmaneuvering six Zeros? Sure. :-)

Hrm...so, when using your snazzy power bleeder from bavarian automotive, you note the following: 1) You're unable to get the pressure in the bleeder past 10 psi, no matter how hard you pump the cylinder. 2) You're hearing a strange hissing, dripping sound 3) You peer past the master cylinder and reservoir to note the large puddle of brake fluid pooling beneath your car. Sir, you have two alternatives: (A) You just asploded your 17-year-old master cylinder by pressurizing the system past the seal tolerance (B) You didn't tighten the pressure cap on the reservoir, and it's been spewing out the top the whole time like an over boiled lobster thermadore. I'm the bonehead who didn't tighten the pressure cap. The rest of the bleeding procedure went like a charm.

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Sometimes, you just take a step...you don't know if it's the right one, and there's really no way TO know. Next week should be interesting, to say the least.

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How is it possible that I adored School Of Rock and liked Cheaper By the Dozen and yet, I hated Daddy Day Care ? Some movies even alcohol can't save. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for formulaic "family" comedy...I don't know. There were many funny moments, but they lay at the periphery--Steve Zahn's Marvin was a real treat as the Star Trek geek that "gets" kids and their thought patterns, and the scene where Phil's traumatized by changing diapers was awesome. Also the central theme of the movie is awesome--do work that's fulfilling, not what's lucrative.