Archive for May, 2005

75 beautiful Malibu miles later…

Well, I found one. I was able, thanks to much patience and understanding on the part of my wife, to pick up a 1999 Triumph Speed Triple yesterday. It's got 17k on the odometer. Only 4k over the last 5 years. It hasn't been very well maintained, but there's nothing wrong with it either. It →


It will be mine. Oh, yes — It will be mine.

As much as I enjoy riding my CBR600, it's a pain in the back... and wrists... and neck... I've decided that I need to get something that's a bit more comfortable - and with fuel injection. I think the Triumph Speed Triple fits the bill just fine. I still have to test ride one, but the reviews are →


And together we can rule the galaxy!!!

Holy crap the new Star Wars movie sucked balls! We went and saw it Tuesday night. I had high hopes because the buzz around it has been really good. On par with the first two movies they said. Right. It was the worst movie I've seen in a long, long time. If it hadn't →


First things first

Man, I've been so busy I just haven't had time to post. I finally pretty much finished going through our photos from our trip to Europe. I've put them up at http://www.corbell.org/gallery/europe_2005. I tried to filter them so there's not a ton of redundant stuff up there, but I'm sure there's some. It was really hard getting back to →


Bush is looking more like Evil every day… Federal Real ID Act has been passed

OK, enough already! It looks like the Federal Real ID is going to become a reality. That's a Federally approved ID card that will essentially replace drivers licenses. It will contain, at the least, you name, birth date, sex, ID number, a digital photograph, and address. It will be "machine readable" which most likely means RFID. →


I know, I suck.

OK, I suck for not posting, but we haven't had a lot of access to computers for the last week. We've been mostly staying at B&B's in the countryside. Anyway, here's a link to Miranda's blog, which she has updated much more than I have. Be back in just a couple days...