Things that make you go hmmm . . .

As I was waiting for an oil change, tire rotate, brake check, rotary girder check, muffler belt, and blinker fluid check at the friendly dealership tonight, I noticed something odd sitting on the display rack. Official Toyota Carburetor Cleaner. And this wasn't some old can leftover from when they sold cars with carbs. This was brand new looking. Which brings up this question, when was the last time Toyota sold a car that had a carburetor? And also, why would a person driving one of these cars actually go to a dealership to purchase this? It's a strange world out there folks (look whose talking).

Do you like fish dicks?

You must be a gay fish then. Yep the "Hollywood Insssider Rumor" Department is back open on the blog. After our friend Timma broke the news that Adam Lambert is gay, your ol' buddie (me) has more breaking news. Kanye West likes attention. Actually, I just wanted to use the gay fish bit to see if anyone (besides me) watches South Park anymore.

Straight Outta Compton (or Shakopee)

That's right, the home base is now located in Shakopee (shack o' pee?).  I believe it is indian (china men is not the preferred nomenclature (you know, from The Big Lebowski)) for "close to Mystic Lake". Ok, so it might not mean exactly that. But I can say for a fact that the Susinater and I are now living in Shakopee. Actually we have been moved in for a few days now but the cable guy just left, so we are officially connected back to the internet (oh and thanks to our neighbor that didn't have a secure wireless connection). Now we just have to get ready for our party out at Buck's place on Saturday. And if you don't know about it, shoot me a text, email, call, smoke signal, or even a comment here. If you show up, there is probably a good chance a picture of you will end up on the blog (how's that for incentive . . . not). As a public service reminder, beer's will be consumed after 4 (even though it says that the deal is from 2-4, the drunk party will start at 4). 

12.42 miles, 156 turns, and a 800hp Ford Fiesta

Yeah, the video is a little long at 9:04. But it's worth it. And click that HD button on the player. And turn up the sound too.

Back to the Fiddy's

So these pic's are from a month ago when Tim and I made the pilgrimage to the Minnesota holy land of hot rods, Back to the Fifty's. I won't bore you too much with my whining about most of the stuff out there (and besides I already did that a couple of posts ago). And hell, I only took 46 pictures. But some of the stuff going on in the pic's is worth noting. Like the first pic, this rad drag car (I think Tim said it was an actual drag car from the 70's (there was a sheet with the history on it, but I can't read or write so Tim read it) was just hanging out outside of the Women's bathroom. Which worked out well when I was waiting for Tim to go to the bathroom. Boosh. Then there is the puking chicken, which we found in the auction area. I think only one word could describe it, fuck. In the big yellow truck pic, it looks like someone is eyeballing Tim. He likes the way Tim poses. If you couldn't tell, we were noticing the trucks a little more than previous years. Not sure why, but they seemed to stand out a little more than the before. And how about the AMC intake setup, for only $975.

I'm on a boat (or will be on Friday)!!!1

That's right I'll be on a boat, everybody look at me (and everyone else at Kelly & Bryce's Wedding). I just hope that I can get my "Captain of the Boat" clothes and cap back from the cleaners in time. And I hope that T-Pain is there. Did you hear that he fucked a mermaid? Sweet.

Back to the 50's? (aka moving Tim's post down)

Well, it is almost time for the first real sunburn of the year (or at least for me since I stay inside all day and never see the sun (actually I just want to be like the cool kids from Twilight (and let's never mention that movie again on here))). That's right. Back to the 50's. The annual car show that dominates the state fairgrounds more than something that gets dominated really hard (I couldn't come up with a David Carradine joke, so that's all you're going to get). Oh sure, I can tell you that it takes up the whole fairgrounds. But that doesn't really sink in until you're actually there and after 3 hours of walking you realize you've barely covered half of the show. And then you can start to feel the sunburn. I included these pictures to give you an idea of what you mostly see there. So let's run through these. Pic 1: A bunch of old people walking around, some dude in a muscle shirt, rockin a sweet goatee/stasch combo platter that is popular with Beer League Softball players, oh yeah and an Ardun engined rod (finally got to say "rod", he he). Not the most traditional styled vehicle there but still not bad. At least he has vintage style tires. Which leads us into pic 2. And this one is the more common style at BTT50's (I just made that up, in case you couldn't tell). Some takes a bunch of new parts and puts them with some old stuff and put a huge engine in it. Which I'm not saying is the wrong way to do it but it doesn't seem as cool. I mean the dual Demon carbs mounted on top of a light bending blower, is pretty fucking sweet. But new style white wall tires, weak. Probably "faked" bullet holes in the side panels, extra weak. Some dude in combat boots and shorts, not my thing (but maybe Adam Lamberts). Oh well, to each his own. And if you feel like walking about 3,000 miles around the state fairgrounds (and they do have corn dogs, lemonade, and other fair type food) next weekend, let me know. And to make things even better, and thanks to my ol' buddy Lance, we may have a free pass in. Nice.

ADAM LAMBERT AMERICAN IDOL RUNNER UP IS GAY!!!

Oh hey, did you hear that Adam Lambert is gay? Who knew? Oh yeah every goddamed person did including his gay boyfriend. Those pictures of him leaving the gay dance club, holding another gay guy's hand apparently wasn't enough evidence of that. Is anyone else tired of hearing about this! I mean come on. WHO couldn't see that one coming? Really! I don't even watch American Idol. But the mere fact that I was deluged with this crap all day long, I think I know more about Adam Lambert than his boyfriend does minus the inside parts. I think if I have to hear anything more about this I just might punch someone in the face...twice!!

Ryan Edit: Oh Tim, you're ssssoo ssssssilly!!1

This is the only way I could add a picture in here. You would think that you could add a picture in the comments, but I guess not.

This guy hates tires

I think it's fairly obvious that this German dude loves to punish rear tires. It's probably some sick fetish for him. And he's probably crazy too because that isn't the "stock" engine (if you couldn't tell from the sweet sound). Apparently, it is a turbo Hayabusa engine complete with chain driven rear axle that is obviously where the back seat used to be. Imagine being inside the car with that thing screaming at 11,000 rpm's. Fuck.

Hummer in Jurassic Park??/?

I figured I probably should throw these pics up now before they get really old. While we were in Hawaii; Tim, Jen, Susie, and I went on a Lost Hummer tour (no it's not a tour about getting a hummer)(and it's Lost as in the popular television series). And right now you're thinking "those pictures looked like they were from Jurassic Park, there is even a Jurassic Park sign there." And that is correct, good job! Except the first pic is from Lost, so suck it. And for the most part, our pics that are of the Lost stuff is probably pretty boring to anyone that does not watch it, which is probably everyone that reads this besides Tim, Jen, Susie, and I. Sooo, if you want pics of that stuff, just let me know and I'll post them and we can all nerd out to them. But for now just enjoy us being scared of the T-Rex.

edit: I forgot to add that the last picture is from Timmy. Actually it was the tour guide that took the pic but it's from Timbob's camera. Just had to give credit where credit is due. And I thought that someone would have said something when they saw the D90 in my hand.