Do It Yourself

I am a big fan of Do It Yourself projects. In a typical week I can work on so many different things it can get confusing. Going from home repairs to car repairs to all kinds of miscellaneous projects. But I love it. I guess part of it is my love for learning new things, and part of it is me just being cheap, lol.

This weekend I am going to attempt to lay ceramic tile in the upstairs bathroom and do a break job on my truck. I decided I better do the tile first since it is the cleaner job, and also the one my wife as been waiting for the longest.

One of the new tools I use for all my DIY stuff is YouTube. There is probably a video for every type of job you can imagine. And whether I know how to do a job or not I love to watch a few YouTube videos first. If nothing else I might pick up something good or bad I did not see in the past.

Here is one I thought was cool on laying ceramic tile, in fast forward !

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Cheapest Gas Prices

It is amazing that 7 miles makes such a difference in gas prices. I drive about 8 miles to work, near my home the gas prices are almost always 15 cents or more above those near my office. The only thing I can attribute it to is that the stations with the lower prices are closer to the Interestate.

This morning the price was done to $3.36. Once again, I never thought I would be happy to pay that much for a gallon of gas. Here is a map link where the price is usually lower than most other stations in this area.


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Collar Bomb Suspect Not Competent?

Not sure why this caught my attention, but several news sources reported a year after the Collar Bomb robbery that killed the pizza delivery guy wearing the bomb, the woman indicted is “not mentally competent” to stand trial.

I always wonder when I see this used in courts if anyone every thinks, hey, if they committed a crime like this, of course they are “not mentally competent”?

Does that mean that all you need to get off the hook is to be a little out in left field?

Reference Link : Judge: Pa. bank collar-bomb suspect not competent - Yahoo! News

As a note the Collar Bomb Video was very disturbing to see.



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Jackson Metro Area Starbucks Closings

I guess that tells a story within a story, it looks like 4 out of 5 Starbucks within a 10 mile or so radius are closing in the Jackson Metro area. I have been living here for 11 years and I am still amazed at how this city stays alive. Of course in a lot of ways, it doesn’t.

I have 2 teenagers and their list of things to do just keeps shrinking almost daily. About the only thing that they have to do is go to the movies or go swimming at Ross Barnett Reservoir. So let’s see, go see a movie, or go swimming where there are alligators? What a choice.

And the reason? Well, from my perspective it is apathy. People here say they want this or that, but when it comes time to put their money (or time) where their mouth is, the buck stops.

It’s hard to believe this is a Capitol City when you can not even support a skating rink or a Starbucks.

Wake up Jackson !



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T. Boone Pickens

I will admit I have not researched everything T. Boone Pickens has planned for his energy solution, but I will say that just his initiative may be the kind of thing we need right now. When people start putting there own time and money into plans there is a lot more at stake.

We need to quit with the political rhetoric and get on with solving the real problems that face this country. And as long as we keep getting caught up in the political games, we are not going to get anywhere, fast. One thing I heard Pickens say, that I agree with…

We are paying for both sides of the war that we`re in. Source : CNN.com - Transcripts

It’s true, and it’s crazy.



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