Monday, February 22, 2010

Broken Scion tC Wind Deflector

So I have found the 1 part on a Scion tC that just cannot be fixed. Last week the wind deflector for my moonroof on my '05 tC busted somehow, still not quite sure... I came out to it Wednesday morning and saw it was cracked up pretty good. It doesn't look like vandalism as it wasn't busted up too bad yet I don't think it happened while I was driving. I haven't had the moonroof opened in months so the deflector hasn't been up and I didn't see any glass fly off the car at any point while driving.

Regardless, anyone have this part replaced yet? I know it was affected by a recall a few years back and I had that work done at that time but I need it completely replaced now. It took me 2 days to get a hold of my normally trusty Toyota service adviser and he told me to bring it in to look at however when I got there they said they don't do glass work. They gave me the part number, 63201-21110, and the phone # to Safelite Auto Glass because they said to get the part through Toyota would cost a lot and they wouldn't do the work anyway so hopefully I could get it cheaper with Safelite. Then I tried calling Safelite and they can't find the part. So then I called the Toyota collision center who worked on my car a few years ago figuring they do everything as they're a collision center but no, they don't do glass either. They have a glass guy. So I called their glass guy. He said I'd have to call a sunroof guy. Ugh. I'll call him tomorrow. I'm sick already.

Not sure what to do at this point. Toyota is so backed up with current recalls they seemed like they couldn't care less about this issue and their service is almost impossible to get a hold of at this point because of it. I don't really want to drive the car in the meantime because the glass can just shatter more at any moment and fly everywhere. It seems to be literally and figuratively a bad break at a bad time. So I have found the 1 part on a Scion tC that just cannot be fixed. Fun.

I'm currently watching: WWE Monday Night RAW

Labels: That's Life, What the hell

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

I Hate Politics

I hate politics and the politicians that come with them. Government is a necessary evil but this country is in bad shape and the people that can make a difference are simply scum. Everyone knows the saying "There's no such thing as an honest politician." but we hear it and yet we still allow it. Good stuff.

I grew up in a strong Democratic household so I've always considered myself a staunch Democrat. However, after this last year, I find myself questioning why. The Democrats had a full year of being in complete control to get this health care bill passed and yet they couldn't even come together amongst themselves and get it done. That's disgusting. The health care bill wasn't my first priority but if your President makes it his, get it done and move on to get something else done. No excuses. What were they worried about? Losing their seats? Losing their majority? Well congratulations. You guys missed out on the #1 item on the Democratic agenda, look like ineffective fools AND managed to lose your majority at the same time. I'm completely embarrassed by my party.

On the other hand, that doesn't mean I'm going to run out and become a Republican. I'm far from that. I feel I'm more liberal than conservative and I don't believe in screwing the little man. It seems to me that most successful people have gotten to where they are not by hard work but by being jerks and stepping on the little man all the way up the ladder. We don't need to continue that trend. It also angers me that Republicans are always clamoring for smaller government yet they are the first people to try and take away the rights of the people and justifying it by shoving their beliefs down everyone's throats.

So yeah, I don't know what to do at this point but if the Democratic party doesn't change, it's gonna get harder and harder to just pull the blue lever just because. It's all so frustrating. Here's good politics for you. Last night during the State of the Union address, Obama made a statement about aiding businesses that stop outsourcing jobs to other countries and actually keep jobs in America. Then they pan to the leaders of this country and there was a HUGE amount of people that didn't even stand up and clap for this. They actually looked disgruntled. S-O-B. I couldn't believe it. I'm not sure if anything in my life has made me more sick than that moment. Democrat or Republican, I don't care who they were. They should all be out of office TODAY. Anyone have a list of those people so I make sure I never vote for them for anything? Who are they representing? All this talk the last year of creating jobs to save the economy and yet more and more jobs are leaving this country every day. Everyone wants to make themselves richer and save their friends and big business. No one could give a crap about this country or anyone else. How long can they actually believe in this trickle down garbage? The money stays at the top and if the little man is lucky, his job won't be sent over to Asia. Good luck.

Also, how do we not have term limits yet? People need careers but staying in one place for too long just doesn't work. It's not acceptable when these politicians do anything possible to keep their careers; Even if that means being completely worthless. So many people are struggling to get by in this country that they just don't have the time and energy to pay attention to political issues. Also, unfortunately, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say there are a lot of stupid people walking this Earth. This just allows these guys to skate by on name alone. How can this change happen though? How do you get people to create laws that will write themselves out of a job after 4...8...12 years? Regardless, it was nice knowing you (probably not), hope you got something meaningful accomplished.

Have I said politicians are scum? I looked up the current salary (2010) for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate and that number is $174,000 a year. $174,000 a year! Who can't live comfortably on that? If you're not interested in that amount of money, get out of politics. Go run a business. Don't do both. These guys who are heavily involved with these interest groups should be out of office. We know they're getting money from these people, we say it's not alright, we let it continue.

I talk a lot but I'm not a great orator... I've had this blog for many years but I'm not a great writer... I also may be a little lazy from time to time. Just like every man, I also look out for myself a little too much. Humans are flawed. That's the nature of the beast. However, I do know that for $174,000 a year I'd be more than happy to not be a scumbag and do what's right. I lied when I said I never felt sicker in my life than last night. Every time I realize that nothing will ever change in this country, that sickness in my stomach just grows stronger.

I'm currently watching: Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura - Big Brother

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Monday, March 23, 2009

Laser Weapons

Remember the movie Real Genius? Well you should because it's a great movie. One of my favorites. And it's also another movie that can teach us all a lesson but because like 20 people haven't seen it, they go on ignoring the fact that we should all just be relaxing and having a good time and NOT building weapon laser systems that can be taken over by a group of kids and aimed at your house which is full of popcorn and destroy it. It's been almost 25 years since the movie came out and people still aren't heeding its warning. Kind of like why it has been over 25 years since the Terminator came out and all these crazy Japanese people are hell bent on creating "supermodel" robots just so they can have some "companionship" but will end up killing us all. I've seen T1, T2, T3, Sarah Connor and they're even making Salvation just to pound it into our heads one last time. Stop being stupid people. Stop making lasers, go get a real woman and try to enjoy life.

And from now on, stop playing with yourself.

I'm currently watching: How I Met Your Mother

Labels: News, What the hell

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Brain decline begins at age 27?

Say what now? You're kidding me, right? Sigh... What a thing to read about a week and a half before my 27th birthday. A new study shows that 'Brain decline' begins at age 27. I really don't know why I'm so upset though. I thought that my brain has been deteriorating since I was 22. That's when they say you're at your peak and they're probably right. I was a damn genius at 22. So then they go on to say that memory should be good until you're 37 but again, my memory has been total crap for years now. Some trend. Heaven help me if my memory starts getting any worse. Get to work brain people. You keep working on those stem cells. After you get me another Shakey's Pizza, I want that new and improved body you've been promising me.

I'm currently watching: American Idol

Labels: That's Life, What the hell

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Hail Northeast

So good old Northeast High School made national news on Monday with what had to be one of the greatest pranks ever pulled at a school. Here's a link from a Texas news site that goes into the great Philadelphia chicken prank. I can't imagine what must have went through the janitor's head as he walked into the building in the morning. I'd imagine there was no laughter. 80 or so chickens running around the halls eating and crapping and clucking. I mean the halls by our lockers used to smell terrible anyway with people putting crayons, other assorted crap and even piss in the radiator (and that wasn't even a prank) but... nah, nevermind, there's no way any amount of chicken crap could smell as bad as our radiator. Anyway, the class of 167 makes me feel kinda old... I was 159... but that's life. Way to make the headlines Northeast.

I'm currently watching: Friends

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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Donkey Punch:

I won't write the full definition on this page however Wikipedia does mention the words ""heavenly" constriction" and "if she passes out". That's the only reason I could see the move being worth anything. Any other reason would make it nothing but a disrespectful act. But this still does leave the technique question pretty open... hammer punch of straight on normal punch?

And in other news, aside from asking our waiter tonight what he thought about the allusive Donkey Punch... we actually asked our waiter about a Donkey Punch.

I'm currently watching: A Knights Tale

Labels: What the hell

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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Not so fun size.

That's what she said. Whammy. Nonono. I know it's late, but what I'm really getting at is Halloween candy. What on Earth happened to the fun size candy bars? Anyone take a look at these things this year? It's pitiful how small they've become. Once upon a time we'd pray for full size candy bars; now kids are probably just praying for fun size bars that are more than 1 bite. Halloween is pathetic now a days. We had 7 kids at our place. 7. The damn kids are too lazy to go out trick or treating. I'd hate to sound like your grandfather, but I used to walk miles, in the cold, up and down tons of steps for hours collecting candy. Now kids are driven around by their parents, house to house, in weak, pathetic costumes if they even bother. And don't forget how global warming made Halloween night 80 freakin degrees. Lazy, punk kids of today. I'd like to say it's because of grumpy Gen-Xers probably not decorating or giving out candy and the stupid baby boomers shrinking the size of the candy bars, but I'd rather place blame on the lazy, punk kids of today. Yeah.... punks.

I'm currently watching: American Dad

Labels: What the hell

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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Another question.

Why would you ever need to multiply a negative number by another negative number?

I give you the money, you give me the doughnut. End of transaction. We do not need to bring ink and paper into this.

I'm currently watching: South Park

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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Stupid stuff

Today I was walking through the mall and I saw a guy with not only his collar popped but with stripes buzzed into the side of his head ala MC Hammer. Oh, and there's a concert coming up that I know Rob would love to go to. Blue October with Yellowcard. I don't know how you're going to make it until October 24th.

Note to self: Buy Louis CK tickets tomorrow while at Matt's.

I'm currently watching: Scrubs

Labels: What the hell

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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Sit down folks.

People are dying every day from disease and poverty all while the good people at Indiana University are wasting time and money to tell me that Men want hot women. And this staggering news comes just weeks after research in London determined that a T-rex could outrun David Beckham. It's simply astounding. I'm not asking for much people. It's just that if you're going to call yourself a scientist, or throw a Dr. in front of your name, use your head for something more than a hat rack. Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing doctorates is no basis for a system of higher education.

What I'm listening to: Silence

Labels: What the hell

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Monday, July 09, 2007

Gore!!!

Yeah, I know it happens every year, but it's not every day that you get to start a post off with GORE!!!

What I'm listening to: Silence

Labels: What the hell

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Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Hungry? Why wait?

I can see the headlines across the globe now. I knew certain cultures ate dog, I just thought they cooked it first. Talk about brutal.

What I'm listening to: Silence

Labels: What the hell

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Fatty, Welcome to the next decade of discontent

�You can't miss steak if you've never eaten steak, right?�

Seriously??? That�s like saying all those starving kids in Africa have it great. Well guess what. Being 25 and being born and raised in Philadelphia, I�m starving! I�ve been watching all you people eat steak for so damn long, I want some steak too. I�m tired of eating brussel sprouts every winter, spring, summer and fall. I was 1 when the Sixers won and I�ve gotten nothing from any other team since. I don�t remember what steak tastes like and it feels like the butcher�s going to be closed in Philadelphia for quite some time in every sport. You�ve had steak in �01, �03, and twice in �04. Quit acting like a pig.

Sent to Bill Simmons in response to his latest article Welcome to the next decade of discontent. More specifically his completely disturbing 14th paragraph regarding steak.

I'm currently watching: American Idol

Labels: Sports, What the hell

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Monday, January 08, 2007

What about Ohio?

All I can help thinking while watching the Ohio St. marching band and all of these Ohio St. fans is that these people chose to go to school and live in Ohio. People are born there and yet they decided to still live there and not get out when they had a chance. Yes, they are from Ohio and it's their own fault.

I'm currently watching: College Football: Tostitos BCS National Championship: Florida vs. Ohio State

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Philadelphia

Flying back to Philadelphia tonight until Monday. No internet for me unless someone in my grandparent's neighborhood has entered the 21st century and has wireless internet I can steal. And if they're stupid and don't lock it up. So they have to be modern enough for wireless internet but not quite modern enough for wireless security. That's what I'm looking for.

And what's with commercials? Seriously, who buys a product because of a commercial? I mean I'm sure I've done it before but how often does a commercial influence you and your spending? Lets see what I bought recently where the product actually had a commercial. Talladega Nights. Let me tell you Sony Pictures, I knew I was purchasing this movie the moment I walked out of the theater. Save your money and make the Playstation 3 cheaper so that I can buy one of them. Yeah, and I don't want a PS3 just because of your commercials so quit on those commercials too, save your money once again, and drop the price of PS3 even more. Then we'll talk.

I'm currently watching: NFL Football: San Fransisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks

Labels: Vacation, What the hell

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Sunday, November 12, 2006

Great Advertising

I don't understand why stores even bother advertising for things like Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 when most people don't stand a chance at getting them. A new system is so expensive the only people buying them are people that already know about them and wouldn't need any advertising and then to top it off, they probably already ordered them and/or will be willing to wait in line to get whatever's in stock. So you get the new Best Buy or Circuit City ads and right on the covers are PS3. For $500 or $600. Gotta be there Friday at 7AM. Because people don't work. The people who are gonna get the systems are people who are going to take off work to get them apparently. How those people can afford a $600 video game console is beyond me.

I'm currently watching: NFL Football: Chicago Bears at New York Giants

Labels: What the hell

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Monday, November 06, 2006

Something to pass the time.

I just found Matt's favorite website.

I'm currently watching: Deal or No Deal

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Sunday, October 08, 2006

Today was insane.

Oh man it was and I'm sure everyone with me will agree. That was now like 75% of Terententen readership. I may as well not even post this. Alright, you talked me into it. So we go to our normal Eagles bar to watch the game this morning. We even left early hoping there'd be tailgating since it was a 1PM game and they had it for the last 1PM game. So Rob gets there first, calls me and says that the place is swarming with bikers and there's a line of them out the door and we're SOL.

So crap. Now I'm like 2 blocks away myself, I have no Internet to find other Eagles bars and just plain crap. We call Matt's sister to go to the Eagles message board and find the thread that talks about some Eagles bars. So she goes, but she can't get in without joining and guess what... you need to wait for the admin's authorization to get in. Crap. Then I don't remember my info to give her because I just keep mine stored in my browser.

So we decide to go to the closest Timbers bar which is a Colts bar a few minutes away. However when we get there we see they have a crappy TV situation so we are definitely leaving. But to where? We want another Eagles bar so it'll be more fun. Otherwise we could have just stayed home and watched it on Fox. Yeah, we didn't even remember that until we were on our way to the next bar though. So Kristin calls her cousin hoping he has a message board membership and he doesn't. But luckily Rob remembered his info so he logged in with that. But then he couldn't search for the thread. But we finally figured that out. Buffalo Wild Wings at St. Rose and Eastern. Let's go. Where is it?

Well we had a general idea of where it was so we start driving. I'm flying down 215 into uncharted 215 territory. Kristin calls someone who lives in the area and we get better directions. We're all set. We get there in no time and are seated before the game

Ahhh yes, the game. They win in genuine Eagles fashion. No details but they win the tightest 14 point game ever and all the Eagles fans in the bar go nuts. Matt has some laughs at the expense of the Cowboys fans talking some smack during the game. It was the most stressful good time ever.

I'm currently watching: NFL Football: Pittsburgh Steelers at San Diego Chargers

Labels: Sports, What the hell

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

3 Scorpions.

3 scorpions today. 1 this morning in the house, 1 this morning outside and 1 tonight in the house. I got so pissed at that last one I ripped him to shreds. He'll never look at a Swiffer sweeper the same way again. I'm going to work tomorrow... if I survive the night... and never coming back.

I'm currently watching: The Office

Labels: What the hell

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Sunday, September 10, 2006

The Scorpion King... in my house.

All I wanted was a stinkin glass of water before I went to bed. I thought the only problem that would arise from that was me having to wake up and take a leak in a few hours like every other night since I became an old man. Instead I get my drink, go to lock the front door and almost get into fisticuffs with a deadly lethal scorpion with a rocket laser stinger. At first I thought it was a cricket or something so I turned the light on and it was like a foot away from my foot and it curled its tail up and I swear it growled at me. Like a lion or something. I have already blanked out the incident completely in my mind to be locked away forever however if I recall, it looked something like the Arizona Bark Scorpion, also known as the Arizona deadly scorpion, only 1000 times larger. Kinda the size of the Rock and all CGI like. Nah, it was kinda small, but my mom woke up from all of my girly like screaming, swooped in and slayed the beast. You know how I know you're gay? Dude, shut up. She's killed like 4 scorpions now and that was the first one I've even seen alive. What would you guys have to read every... 4 or 5 days... if I died from a scorpion bite. Yeah, yeah, the odds of a human dying from a deadly scorpion bite is pretty low this day and age, especially for a 6 foot 1, 200 pound stud like me with a rocket laser arm, but still. I need to make it to see the Eagles tomorrow. An Eagle would kick the crap out of a scorpion, it wouldn't even be funny. Who's laughing now scorpion. It's late. I'm going to bed. If I can sleep now.

I'm currently watching: Saturday Night Live

Labels: What the hell

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Monday, September 04, 2006

Crikey! More like holy crap.

I was trying to go to sleep last night when I heard the crappy news about Steve Irwin. Such a stupid freak accident. It wouldn't have been a freak accident if he was eaten by a mighty croc, but a stupid sting ray? To play around with an animal who can deliver a 3000psi bite only to get killed by a fish? A damn fish. I say we all start eating as much seafood as we can now. Get back at those stupid fish for taking what was one hell of a charasmatic guy. What a shame. The people over at WWTDD? said it best with, "A stingray? A damn stingray? This dude spent 40 hours a day poking dinosaurs with sticks and he gets it from a damn stingray? They're supposed to sting and ray things, not impale people who entertain me. They're damn fish, not Jason. You're not funny Irony. This is why everybody hates you." But nobody hated you Crocodile Hunter. Nobody hated you. I'll leave you all with a picture of Steve with the greatest of all animals. And although his wife seems nice on TV, I'm not talking about her.

I'm currently watching: College Football: Florida State at Miami

Labels: What the hell

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

What?

I feel sick. 'Baseball Tonight' analyst Reynolds no longer at ESPN. Him, Karl Ravech and Krukers are Baseball Tonight. It happened Sunday apparently, broke tonight, and it's already on Wikipedia. That's kind of impressive, but c'mon, if he was fired for sexual harrassment I'm gonna be pretty ticked off at ESPN. I mean we know a woman's role in the sports world is to be sexually harrassed by men. Joe Namath says so.

Ladies... you know I'm clownin.
Tim knows I'm not.
What BS.

I'm currently watching: Rockstar Supernova

Labels: Sports, What the hell

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