Pimp My Ride

06/02/2009, originally uploaded by mdoan300.

No, Pauly did not trade in his BMW for this Saturn Pimp-Line. This car is so rare that he wanted to be in the picture.

05/19/2009

05/19/2009, originally uploaded by mdoan300.

Don't Quit Your Day Job

04/14/2009, originally uploaded by mdoan300.

A whopping $6 for serving on jury duty...

It's Everywhere You Want to Be

03/10/2009, originally uploaded by mdoan300.

Oxygen Sensor:	$88
Knock Sensors:	$150
Intake Boot:	$19
PCV O-ring:	$3
ICV Hose:	$15
ICV Connector:	$5
Idler Pulley:	$32
Passing Emissions:	PRICELESS

Actually, it kind of came at a great expense -- 2 saturdays, 3 sensor connections we forgot to plug back, 1 ground we forgot to tighten, and 1 vacuum hose that blew off during engine backfire. Yeah, maybe it's not so priceless afterall...

I had been getting a bad #2 knock sensor engine code every morning the past few months and I figured that was the cause of my failing the emissions tests in February. Pictured above is what bad knock sensors look like. The second knock sensor was missing alot of plastic and the first knock sensor wasn't far behind.

02/07/2009

02/07/2009, originally uploaded by mdoan300.

Another Jodi Encounter?

02/04/2009, originally uploaded by mdoan300.

Pauly and I were getting into a serious psychology discussion when he whipped out the pen and started to draw on a napkin. Like Homer Simpson only sees donuts, all I could see on his napkin were the words that Jodi wrote a week or two prior.

01/31/2009

01/31/2009, originally uploaded by mdoan300.

Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures

01/26/2009, originally uploaded by mdoan300.

Pictured here is a bit of lunchtime goodness that Kevin, Craig, Mike, and I encountered... at Chick-Fil-A of all places. On "Jodi's" way out, she asked to borrow Kevin's pen. We thought nothing of it until she dropped his pen with this note on our table and scurried out. I think she heard Craig say "wow" one time too many and figured we were perverts. What a great attempt to drum up business during shitty times.

Sean is evil!

01/21/2009, originally uploaded by mdoan300.

All I wanted was a cookie, but somebody who shall rename nameless convinced me to get this delectable Grand Marnie truffle.

Size DOES Matter!

01/18/2009, originally uploaded by mdoan300.

With the wedding coming up, Becky and I are in saving mode. We weren't planning on buying a new TV, especially since we bought 2 new ones a little over a year ago, but this deal was too farking good to pass up.

Conn's had the Samsung HL61A750 61" 1080p LED DLP for sale at $999.97. In comparison, Best Buy had it on sale for $1500 and they would not price match Conn's sale price. If that's not enough to convince you, every fricken Conn's in DFW was sold out.

The guy over the phone said they would still match the price -- we would just have to wait for when they come back in stock. Minor inconvenience, but decided it was worth it. So we went to our closest location, bought and paid for it. Interestingly enough, our sales guy told us that if we wanted to risk it, then their Carrollton warehouse may still have a few there awaiting delivery. Hmmm... 17 mile drive from the Plano store to the Carrollton warehouse to potentially come back empty handed... ah what the hell, we had nothing better to do!

To our surprise (and luck), the Carrollton warehouse did have one and with our name on it!

Don't mind the SOAP Net channel playing in the background. This is really Becky's TV. My TV is upstairs where I can play my games. But it's only 46".