Sticky Fingers covers DMA's Delete

Lychee

Crazy Eddie Lopez-I like lychee

:(

Lost Charlie this month. It's been 12 days, and still very hard. 

I miss him at meal times, when it's time to go for a walk. He was always the first one out the door with his tail at full attention.   He learned to howl at the answering machine from his buddy. In 12 years we only found one thing he wouldn't eat, spicy peppers.  Occasionally he wouldn't eat lettuce. He was our robo vacuum that would clean up after the kids or anything that fell in the kitchen.  We waited 12 years for his beard and eyebrows to fill in and they never did, but we still loved it and his natural Mohawk. Like all dogs he appreciated a belly rub, but maybe a little more than your average dog as he would lay on his back with feet in the air for 20 minutes watching you, hoping for your attention.  Chewies and squeaky toys never stood a chance. He acted like a puppy, until he couldn't walk anymore. Every day was another step down the hill.  Charlie had a long history, he was there before kids, when kids came, when kids grew up. We hung out 24/7 for the last 10 years. His nickname was Chogee (what the kids pronounced). Through the years we had a couple close calls, when you wandered off with a kid, but you always found your way back for dinner.

I went to dark place after you passed, and I don't think I have left. It is still hard.

How to bypass Intelliguard 900-IQ

I had a clifford alarm, IntelliGuard 900-IQ that is about 16 years old.  The remotes stopped working about 8 years ago.  Clifford no longer publishes the wiring diagrams for these alarms. One of my relays went bad in my alarm. According to the relay specs, the relays are rated for so many on-off switches before they fail, each relay is $24, and would have to be re-soldered to the PCB. This caused a loud clicking noise when driving and all lights to flicker. I could not just remove the main head unit on the alarm because it was wired with a starter kill.  I needed to bypass (remove/get rid of) the alarm but without a wiring diagram it is very difficult. I found a wiring diagram for an Intelliguard 800-IQ. Turns out the wiring is the same. 

Disconnect the battery. Instead of splicing back the cut wire in the diagram.  As seen in the diagram, if shorting pins 30 and 87A of your harness it bypasses the starter kill. Then removing the unit from the harness and your car goes back to normal. I used a small piece of solid gauge wire (from romex) flattened the ends and shorted the relay harness as shown in the picture. Hopefully this helps the next person who has the same alarm. Remember to reconnect your battery.

Alarm head unit

Bypassing the relay

The relay removed.

Frank Reynolds is one of the best comedy characters in the last 10 or so years.

Things that make me laugh

For unknown reasons, muppets dubbed to singing classics brings a smile and a laugh.

Favorite song, for the next 15 mins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V981RXcmH8

Good video on Hawaiian volcanoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNbC0CSLH5o

Explains the issues, dangers, etc.

Patton Oswalt as a comic book writer

Disney buys rights to star wars, Disney buys rights to part of marvel universe, Disney buys rights for other parts of marvel universe....

Next, Disney hires Patton Oswalt to write the next 10 screen plays.


This actually would have been better than force awakens and last jedi. Sorry.

Here is the animated version, which is hilarious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvdoLRBudwU (probably a good idea to start with this!)

Turns out it was 100% improv... which is most impressive
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/the-story-behind-patton-oswalt-s-superheroic-star-wars-filibuster-on-parks-and-rec

Stuck

I have this song stuck in my head




Elvis - It's now or never
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkMVscR5YOo