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Autodidact. Dilettante. DIYer. Freelance writer. Car nerd. Model builder. Rescue cat dad. Lousy guitar player. Renn fair attendee. Sci-fi & horror fan. Foul-mouthed. Introverted. Atheist. Ally. Happily married to a total badass.
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Has anyone ever asked the band The Cult exactly how a "Love Removal Machine" works? Sounds painful.

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

My latest RC car project: a Tamiya Grasshopper, built entirely from spares and leftovers, with radio gear scavenged from a broken Chinese RTR model. An absolute blast to drive, and cost me nothing. Not the first car I've ressurected from junk, nor will it be the last.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

I'm trying something new, because I'm long-winded and 300 characters doesn't cut it. These are photos from our recent trip to French Polynesia, but the real meat of the post is in the alt text.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Cardle 1/5 Streak 1🔥 Total Score 90 🟢 🟢 🟢 cardle.boxbox.autos

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Big, yes. But discreet, efficient, and recognizing its position as servant, not ruler. I want the "Carson the butler" government.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Being kind is punk AF.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

Imagine having the money and power to do whatever you want, and choosing to use it to make everyone else miserable because you are. Imagine being so insecure that you feel the need to destroy others' lives to make yourself feel important. Fucking pathetic. I wouldn't want to be like you.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Couldn't put it better myself.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Got lucky with the year and landed within the 2 year range. Cardle 1/5 Streak 3🔥 Total Score 60 🟢 🟢 🟢 cardle.boxbox.autos

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

It had a big-ass flag and a muscle car; what are they so upset about? Seriously, I don't know most of the subtext/backstory, but I know a masterful performance when I see one. BTW, you have to go to Youtube to watch it, because of bullshit copyright stuff.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

To paraphrase Pete Seeger: "If I had a dragon, I'd dragon in the moooorning, I'd dragon in the evening, all over this laaand..."

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Cardle 1/5 Streak 2🔥 Total Score 45 🟢 🟢 🟢 cardle.boxbox.autos

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

I know a lot of us have relatives/ancestors who helped defeat these shitheads the first time around, and I feel like what's going on now is an insult to their memory. So I'd like to introduce you to a couple of mine, and I invite you to do the same. Descriptions in the alt text.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

The Malibu is coming along nicely. Starting to look like a proper old POS now.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Boom. Cardle 1/5 Streak 1🔥 Total Score 30 🟢 🟢 🟢 cardle.boxbox.autos

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

First time doing this. Do they get harder? 'Cause if not... Cardle 1/5 Total Score 15 🟢 🟢 🟢 cardle.boxbox.autos

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Agree, but at this point I wouldn't put it past them to try some Weekend At Bernie's or Moon Over Parador shit. When it happens, I think we'll need to see a corpse.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Well, Mr. Squirrel, you've certainly got their attention...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

I just ran an errand and intentionally left my phone at home. I took one of my old cars with no connectivity whatsoever, drove the back way to where I was going to avoid the main road, and came back a different way. Do you have any idea where I went? 1/

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

This is why it's important to know how to actually DO shit. Because these dipshits don't. We can survive without them, but they can't survive without us. Let's start refusing to fix their plumbing and HVAC and see how they fare.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment