http://www.knigga.com/ The news from www.KNIGGA.com en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 kris@knigga.com http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=362 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=362 gm's certified used car program. i bought my new used 2004 grand am at the end of april, just shy of three months ago, and apparently just over 3,000 miles ago.

i say apparently because about a week and a half ago the red warning light labeled "brake" came on and hasn't gone off since. today was the first day i had time to take the car in to have it looked at, so i woke up early (for a saturday) and took it to the local gm goodwrench service shop. upon inspection, i was told that the front left brake has been leaking brake fluid and warning light was telling me i'm low. to repair it will be about $350 and i'm just a couple of hundred miles over the certified used car warranty limit.

grrrr...]]> http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=362 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=361 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=361 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=361 Sat, 31 May 2008 14:41:00 -0400 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=360 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=360
thursday - niles, il - work
friday - indianapolis, in - carb day and the freedom 100
saturday - columbus, oh - hang out with tom
sunday - kokomo, in - world yes tobacco day
monday - kokomo, in - memorial day
tuesday - kokomo, in - ?
wednesday - kokomo, in - ?
thursday - niles, il - work]]> http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=360 Mon, 19 May 2008 09:18:00 -0400 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=359 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=359 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=359 Sun, 04 May 2008 11:34:00 -0400 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=358 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=358 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=358 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:22:00 -0400 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=357 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=357 sql injections. i'll turn comments back on when i've got this fixed.]]> http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=357 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:54:00 -0400 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=356 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=356
the wagon wouldn't start this morning. i'm guessing the battery is dead, but the car was starting fine yesterday. the battery didn't show any signs of being weak. i was so ticked off that i came straight back to my apartment and applied for a car loan. not a whole lot, but enough to get a decent used car. i guess i'll have aaa come out and see if they can get the wagon jumped, but even if they can, i'm getting really tired of the hassles.

i'm very divided about getting rid of the wagon. on one hand, it's dying and is starting to be a real pain. on the other, i've been riding in it and driving it nearly my whole life. the car is 21 years old, so i had to have been 3 or 4 when we got it. it's also the car i mainly learned to drive in, and i've been driving it since i was 15 (even longer if you count up and down the driveway). it's the car that i took with me when i went away to vincennes, and then purdue. that car has seen a lot of firsts in my life, and has been a part of a lot of good memories.]]> http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=356 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:22:00 -0400 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=355 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=355 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=355 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:38:00 -0400 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=354 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=354
saturday i went to matt plomin's wedding reception in lafayette. the wedding was in the caribbean, or central america, or somewhere, so i didn't go to that. the reception was great, and ended up at the local irish pub. it was really nice seeing and catching up with some friends i haven't seen in a while.

this past thursday jake and abbie came up. we all went out friday night. we started at ripley's for supper, where i was saddened to learn that they have changed their menu, making it more "refined" and and less what i was looking for. after that, we bounced around a bit and ended up at the signature room on the 95^th floor of the john hancock building having way over-priced drinks.]]> http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=354 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:18:00 -0400 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=353 http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=353 th through the 15^th.

it was my first time flying commercially since i flew down to see tom in florida in 2004. for the trip out, i flew out of kord on a small, 40-something seat crj direct to kbuf. the plane was surprisingly comfortable despite it's small size (plenty of leg room, yay!), and the flight was only 1 hour 15 minutes. i actually spent more time waiting in the airport than i did in the air.

my time in new york was fairly unremarkable. i did get to meet a few new people and see a few people i haven't seen in a while, but most of the time i was just trying to get up to speed on the systems i am taking over. i also spent a lot of time filling out forms for the security clearances i'll be needing now. oh yeah, i'm applying for a couple security clearances, so if you get phone calls or visits from the government and they are asking about me, don't worry. i'm not in trouble!

the flight home on friday was a little less convenient. to save money, i was booked on a two leg flight. i flew out of kbuf on an us airways airbus a319 for kphl. it was an hour and a half flight, but the cool part is that i got to upgrade to first class for $50. i love flying first class. i had a big, comfortable seat, more leg room than i knew what to do with, and a beer before we even took off. in fact, i had two full beers and some pretty fancy snacks before those lowly people in coach got their little plastic cup of soda and peanuts. you are just treated better in first class; not like cattle. in kphl i caught my next flight: a united 737 to kord. this flight was about 2 and a half hours long, so again i asked if i could upgrade to first class. the lady at the ticket counter told me that the upgrade would be $300. yeah, right! i guess the $50 upgrade is just a us airways thing.]]> http://www.knigga.com/viewcomment.php?id=353 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:53:00 -0500