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  • 2011
    • January
      • Unexpected Progress
        01/31/11
        A nicer that expected day Sunday lured me to the garage where I began to destruct, I mean deconstruct the engine for removal. After several hours of work my son came by and asked if he could help. He tore into it and didn’t quit until we had stripped down most of the top and pulled that beast from t

      • Happy New Year
        01/06/11
        Wow, two posts all last year. That just seems sad to me, I know I can do better. It was a challenging 2010. I can officially call myself an amateur triathlete, my volunteer football coaching career has come to an end, we entered the scary world of our teenage daughter dating and I worked more hours

  • 2010
    • July
      • 1 Step Forward 2 Steps Back
        06/06/10
        Hope the first car repair of the summer is not a sign of things to come. Water pump gasket leaking so easy cheap fix right. Well... would have been cheap unless you break 2 things while you fix the one. I happened to destroy a spark plug cable. Not a big deal except they only sell them in a set, $50

    • March
      • Truck Stuff!
        03/09/10
        I originally started this site to talk about cars. I have a truck project I wanted to chronicle here. Unfortunately I do not get to work on it very often; there is always something to take up that ever so valuable hobby time. There is work; I work more hours now than ever, price of success? Yeah, le

  • 2009
    • December
      • The New Year
        12/31/09
        The New Year is upon us and I hope I am up for the challenge. This past year was full of challenges and left me a little tired. I'm hoping I can build up a head of steam early this year and really get my personal projects moving forward. Career wise I had one of my most successful years, I real

    • October
      • Fall in Texas
        10/04/09
        The Pop Warner football season is half over and moving up to a higher league has been a challenge. That makes the small victories even sweeter. It takes a huge commitment from coaches, parents and most of all the kids to come to practice 3 nights a week and play a game every Saturday. At 10 years ol

    • August
      • Are you ready for some Football?
        08/30/09
        Football season is upon us again which means there will not be much time for anything else. Back to coaching my son’s team and this time it’s getting serious. We were moved from a D2 division to a D1 division and that steps up the competition level quite a bit. All the pressure is on us coaches to g

    • July
      • Teenagers are expensive
        06/23/09
        It is that time for my daughter... braces! She is actually looking forward to getting them so she can show off that perfect smile. I am also since I am fed up with her scared to show her teeth in photos. There have been a lot of advancements since I had braces many years ago (not going to say how ma

    • May
      • Short Term Single Parent
        05/08/09
        I have been acting as a single parent for the past 2 months. My wife is on an extended work assignement out of town. I have to say that keeping up with 2 busy kids/teenagers is more than a full time job. To all the single parents out there, I always knew it was tough for you, but it is harder than I

    • March
      • Texas drivers vs California drivers
        03/23/09
        After a trip to San Francisco, I made a few observations on the drivers there. There have been many stories of road rage on the overcrowded highways of California, more so in LA but in SF is not much different. In particular I would like to talk about rush hour traffic in and out of the city. The nu

    • March
      • Use the correct tool!
        02/10/09
        You know those lessons you learn (possible the hard way) that you figure you will never forget.

        Write them down.

        So here's one...

        When dealing with a stubborn tie-rod end, use a pickle bar.

        And that's all I'm going to say about that so don&

    • January
      • Happy New Year
        01/14/09
        Hope 2009 is treating everybody well. The holiday season can be so stressful. A time when you should really be slowing down a bit to catch up with family and friends seems to be so frantic that you forget to actually slow down. You work so hard to have a great holiday that you work right on through

  • 2008
    • December
      • Radiator Hose Burst
        11/17/08
        Blown radiator hose on the way to work this morning. Almost made it but ended up 2 miles short. Nice refreshing morning walk. I'm sweating when I get to work and soon realize the heater is out again so quickly cool off and head toward freezing. The hose is not a big deal to replace if you can f

    • October
      • Automotive Legends Replica
        09/15/08
        So I'm watching a show on discovery channel(I think) called Celebrity Rides. They make Porsche replicas, namely the 550 Spyder (The one James Dean died in. If you watch the show they will mention it about a thousand times.) Anyway, the car is great and they do a magnificent job on the finishing

    • August
      • More personal changes to seperate me from the truck of my dreams.
        08/21/08
        Started a new job this week, started coaching my sons football team last week. Now I can't find the time to finish the yard projects that are in the way of my truck restore. I really enjoy coaching my sons teams, so I'm not upset about the time invested. We always have a good group of kids

    • July
      • Poor Neglected Truck
        07/29/08
        The truck has not made any progress in the past month. I'm too busy starting other projects I don't plan on finishing! The back yard is the priority right now. The retaining wall to level out the back porch area is almost complete. It's going to take a truck load of dirt to bring that

    • July
      • Work around the house.
        06/16/08
        Car stuff put on hold for a few weekends as I make a few improvements around the house. I actually got approval for all three of my projects, the Architectural Committee seemed almost eager to put me to work. Makes me wonder what else I could get them to approve, maybe a 40 foot tall wind turbine el

    • May
      • Bad luck comes in 3's
        05/22/08
        Its true, bad luck is a set of bastard triplets. My sons baseball team ended its season on a sour note. Brake booster died on the vette. Now the tranny is going. This happens once every quarter, and if this is the worst then I think I can survive.

        edit: I have to update my transmission p

      • Ah, Birthdays
        05/17/08
        I drive my Corvette to work everyday and just love the experience. The car has over 130000 miles on it and has its moments when I curse it. But, I keep fixing it and getting it back on the road. Lately I have been loving how the car is driving, mainly due to the replacement of the radiator. The car

    • May
      • Earth Day Fallout
        04/25/08
        I'm no tree hugger but earth day had a profound effect on me that I didn't quite expect. Saving the environment is great and all but maybe my real motivation is to just save money and stick it to the oil man. Whatever the real reason, I have done enough research to convince myself that I c

      • Rush Concert
        04/24/08
        Had a great time at the Rush concert last night. I never get tired of their shows. Always high quality and always plenty of music. I enjoyed this concert a little better than the last one. I think I am a little more familiar with the new album so I was able to connect to them this time. Anyway, if y

      • A day of good intentions beaten down by a stuborn truck
        04/21/08
        Decided to do a little deconstruction yesterday. The results were a little less than spectacular. Read more about it here Truck-1 Me-0

      • Corvette passed Inspection
        04/10/08
        I am shocked and relieved that my Corvette passed Inspection Monday. The State Inspection expired almost 2 years ago and I had not tried to get it inspected since the new emissions testing began. The vehicle does not have an catalytic converters so I was afraid it would not passed. The car is well m

    • March
      • Site Opens
        03/04/08
        sunlightonchrome.com comes online in its simplest form. It still needs quite a bit of configuration but the simple structure is in place. The main blog page for news, phpGhraphy for image delivery and phpbb for discussion.

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