Mark Atwood

My ex and my family name there cars. Things like "Raisin", "Friday", "Norton", "Scoop", etc.

My previous vehicle was just "the Jeep". But my new Subi Forester is not a "Jeep", it's not a "the car", and I dont want to call it "my SUV" or "my Forster".

It needs a name.

The Smell is gone from the Forester. The ozone treatment seems to have worked.


Last night omahas helped me hem my new leather pants. Oh, who am I kidding, she did most of the work. Mostly what I did was drive (to Jo-Anns for leather needles and high-strength thread, and then to QFC for rubber cement.)

Turns out that sewing them was not working, but rubber cement works like a charm.


The Headache is back, with a vengance. It had almost faded away to almost nothing (never entirely gone), but, no more. It's not really "painful", per se. Yet. Just annoying.

You have just won one million dollars:

1. Who do you call first? A lawyer.

2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself? Zero debt.

3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else? (you know who you are) Also zero debt.

4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom? Yes. To PAWS, to EFF, to the NRA.

5. Do you invest any? If so, how? Yes. Conservative index funds.