Cliffs Riffs - Stuph n Nonsense

Better late than never sez I. In my defense I gotta say that I bought "7 Nation Army" from Rhapsody a couple years ago. Happened to catch Jack n Meg on some old Jules Holland show (gotta love that On Demand stuff you can find when you look on Comcast) and I really liked watching/listening to 2 people make all that noisy music so I started listening to more of them on Rhapsody. I'm in! now if I can only get them to appear with The Hard Lessons somewhere next summer.....heaven!

Had a great day. Fixed a leaky shower faucet AND my Yamaha - all in the same day. I get such a feeling of victory when I can complete a plumbing repair. I get frustrated and cuss like a sailor, but when things work I feel like I got one over on The Man (who ever that is!). Been fiddling with this Moen single handled faucet over the past two weeks. Moen sent me a new cartridge FREE in the mail - they mean it about their lifetime warranty. Put it in this morning. Trouble. Slow dribble instead of a leak and the water didn't run much at all. Talked to a nice lady on their 800# help line. She told me what to do, I did and it worked! On a roll now - My winter motorcyle, a 1982 Yamaha XT550, has been having electrical problems. Like the light doesn't work. Took off the seat and side covers and the battery was corroded at both terminals. AND the water was way down. Topped it off with distilled water and cleaned the terminals. Was it going to be that easy? Fired Newt up and ........ ...

Leni (pronounced “lie-knee”) Truong hit the nail directly on the head when she described herself as “the biggest cheerleader who isn’t a cheerleader”. While the Kellogsville senior may not be an official member of the Rockets cheerleading squad per se, the positive attitude Leni brings to her school in general and the volleyball team specifically has garnered the attention and appreciation of coach Mindy Wert. “She is so positive,” Wert commented. “She cheers herself hoarse when she is not in the game.” Wert has coached Truong for three years; one on the JV team and two on varsity. While Leni is not a starter, she is still considered a team leader by the coach because of her helpful, dependable day to day performance. Her teammates must share the coach’s opinion about leadership, because they elected Leni to be one of the captains this season. “Leni is basically like an assistant to me,” Wert continued. “She is right there telling the other players exactly what I would say.” Truong st...

Sent this message (or a slight variation) to the Prez and my two Senators: A Democratic president was put in office under the banners of "change" and "Yes we can". The Democrats control both the House and Senate and yet the current legislation on healthcare sends a clear message to me - "We cannot change the current mess that is our healthcare system." Obviously the effect of lobbying millions from Pharma et al mean more to you and your fellow members of Congress than effecting any real change. No public option on the table? No move toward a single payor easily transported plan? What a joke. What a disappointment.

I wrote this product review for the BMW MOA Owners News 4 years ago: Getting through this product evaluation might be a challenge for some of you, but please keep your mind open enough to read it completely. Tomahawk tires are re-manufactured, or as the president of the company likes to say “re-moulded”. Do not confuse Tomahawks with re-caps for the simple reason that these tires have been re-moulded onto a used tire core from “bead to bead” including the sidewalls. They are not merely capped with new rubber in the middle of the tire. Before I get carried away with the technology that goes into a set of Tomahawks, let me tell this story in a somewhat chronological manner. I spend a lot of time on the web and a good amount of my playtime there is spent on the BMW MOA web forum. Just for fun I started a couple of threads to see what my fellow web-riders reaction to the notion of riding on re-manufactured tires might be. The feedback was almost all negative. Here are some samples: “I ...

Are you still riding around with ugly wheel weights on your motorcycle? Believe me - There is a much better way: Dyna Beads. ( http://www.innovativebalancing.com/motorcycle.htm ) I have been using dyna beads in my BMW Rockster for the last 34,000 miles or so. I have had them in my last three sets of tires and they are great. Smooth ride and nice even wear on the tires. Here is a review I wrote about them for BMW Motorcycle Owners News the first time I used them: My wife and I have a little jewelry store, please click here and take a look.  "Look all you want, but you will not find any unsightly wheel weights on the Snow Queen, my 2004 Rockster SE. For the last 14k her wheels have been perfectly in balance thanks to Dyna Beads. These high-density ceramic beads are inside my tires and work their Dynamic Balancing magic from there. Before we examine how they work, let me give you a little testimony. On my previous set of tires that were installed in early July 2006, the tech ...

The annual March of Dimes Ride for Babies is coming up this week-end. It is a great event raising money for a great cause (pretty cool when you meet people who tell you flat out that their son or daughter is alive because of the March of Dimes). MOD puts your money to work - they have very low administrative costs. Got a bike you want to ride? Sign up here: http://bikersforbabies.org/ Can't make it and want to sponsor me? Here: http://www.bikersforbabies.org/personal_page.asp?si=401723C7-B8A5-4484-ADB9-AFB3735C43A1&w=14856