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Mon, 25 Aug 2008

semilunar hiatus

Or is it bilunar?

Anyway... I haven't posted in a while, so here's what's new with me:

  • About a month ago, we got a second dog! He's a Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever. His official AKC name is KD's Ten Thousand Gauss, but we call him Niko (shortened from Nikola Tesla. Get it? 1 T = 10 kG). Niko and Shockley are best friends, and while Niko will eventually be about twice Shockley's size (45 pounds versus 25), for now they're within a couple pounds of one another. To the right is a picture of him and Shocks eating.
  • I'm turning into a soccer mom.
    Well... not really, but I am trading in my beloved STi for a Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen TDi. Apparently I have a penchant for three letter trim designators ending in "i," but this time it's not a rice rocket—it's a diesel. The wagon (similar in size to an Outback, but a little tubbier looking) will hold the pups nicely, transport too many people to ridiculous parties, and carry three or four kegs in the back, all the while getting 50 MPG.
    I'm picking up the car tomorrow in El Paso (the diesel wagons are ridiculously hard to find because there are only like 2000 of them being made this year, so I've heard) and I expect to get back to Austin on one tank with fuel to spare. Eat that, Prius.


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