Installed Kubota Winch. Installed Datsun Alternator. Burned My Hand.

I got a new one ton ATV winch from Harbor Freight for super cheap, and it's going on the tractor as a multi-purpose pulling out stuck stuff tool.  It's not real often that the tractor gets stuck anywhere, but it's happened once or twice and only in the most inconvenient of places so a winch will be worthwhile, I think.  I figure it'll mostly get used for ripping stuff out of the ground and dragging things around though, considering the little orange monster does a fair bit of that anyways, this'll just give me another means to that end.

Mockup of where stuff is gonna go, more or less.

More stuff after jump break

I found a pseudoscorpion.

Ray Harryhausen giant clawed land crab beast.

This monster was in my garage stalking a scrap of newspaper.  I had no idea what it was so I trapped it, took pictures, and ran to wikipedia.  Turns out it's a pseudoscorpion, and pseudoscorpions live in Oregon, just people don't usually see them.

Not really giant at all.  At least it's not a tick.

Weird Pointy Spider

I've never seen a spider like this here before, this year has been sort of an odd one for new and different creepy crawlies.  There is also an influx of snails that wasn't around the PNW when I was a kid.

 Bigger scarier spider pictures for the non arachnophobic after the jump

Do you want egg roll?

Delicious egg rolls & easy sweet & sour sauce sauce.

Recipe and BONUS RECIPE for fried-pizza-things after the jump break.

"Temporary" Fixes & Tractors.

Don't put fencing flat on the ground and leave it there.
Not in the Willamette valley.

I don't care if it's to keep the dogs from digging in the septic tank, and it'll only be there for a couple days, cause a couple months later it's gonna be full of grass and utterly immovable.  That's where tractors come in.  Most people don't have a tractor, these people are fools.  Tractors are like a diesel powered swiss army knife.... now if only I had a backhoe attachment......

Mighty steed of thunder.

This used to be straight.  It's lucky it's in one piece.

Craigslist Ideas, Volume 1

If I had money, I would do stupid things.  Mostly involving Craigslist.

For instance, for a few grand I could buy this and paint it like Optimus Prime.

Grilled Corn. Very simple. Very easy.

Best damn grilled corn you've ever eaten.  The trick is laziness, or as I like to call it "Efficiency".

Step 1) Get your corn on the cob from the grocery store, your local whatever, run across the street and poach it from the farmer with the least shotguns.  Regardless, get yourself some corn.

Step 2) Resist the urge to touch the corn, peel the corn, pick out the strings, all of that.  DO NOT TOUCH THE CORN!  Take the whole ears and soak them in some water.  If you're only doing a few ears, do it in a pitcher.

Step 2b) Get your charcoal barbeque hot.  By the time your grill is hot the corn will have been soaking long enough.  A half hour is a pretty good amount of time, but more or less really isn't that important.  If it's a gas grill, you get to sit around for a half hour twiddling your thumbs instead of poking around in your charcoal barbecue.

Step 3) Corn --> Grill.

Step 4) Consume delicious beverage while corn cooks for a half hour.  Turn it halfway through.

Step 5) Pull the corn off the grill, let it rest for a while so you don't burn yourself like a fool.

Step 6) Peel back the husk to create a convienent handle so you don't have to use any of those lame little corn handle things that never work good, add some butter and salt if you swing that way, and consume.

I have a blog now.

So apparently I'm fascinating..... and have to have a blog, so here it is.
This blog may contain automobiles, stupid machines, electronics & computers, delicious food cookery, adorable fuzzy animals (only occasionally, I promise!), ranting and raving on random topics, manly redneck stuff, nerdy pale geek stuff, and the otherwise day to day adventures of my life.

Today's adventures at hand:  Lazy construction, foolig around, and barbecued stuff.

Got four pallets of paving stones delivered in the morning.

Grilled non-meats.

Grilled delicious corn.  (There were cheeseburgers involved too made, home-ground chuck.  They disappeared before photos)

Started the new patio.  I know it's not level, that's because I do not care.

Remaining paver status:  Mighty throne.