Let’s Go Motoring

Posted by nitrogen on February 2nd, 2009

Being that it’s the middle of winter and I’m growing continually more antsy for good weather again, I figured I’d write a bit about a couple of my summer toys. 1974 Yamaha RD250 – 247cc 2-stroke twin. 30hp, 330lb, 50mpg, 95mph (according to http://www.yamaha-rd.com/rd/data.html). This one’s special because my dad bought it new for my [...]

Driving In The Snow In Michigan

Posted by nitrogen on January 13th, 2009

Allow me to make one distinction before I launch into this: I like the snow. But I hate the cold. I’d also like to note that my complaints are directed toward the lower peninsula of Michigan; if the U.P. knows how to do one thing well, it’s handle the snow. So we’ve been getting some [...]

Fate Of The Big Three?

Posted by nitrogen on December 18th, 2008

There has been much discussion, controversy, and worry surrounding the Big Three recently. Chrysler, General Motors, and Ford have been lobbying to get a bailout amounting to $15 billion from the government. Should we give it to them? I’m very much torn on my opinion of this. On one hand, I have a lot of [...]

Photoshop: I-94 Construction

Posted by nitrogen on May 30th, 2007

<2007> How’s the traffic on I-94 this time of year? After driving through it, I decided the speed limit signs were completely inaccurate, so I used Photoshop to express my annoyance.