{"id":255,"date":"2004-10-17T13:52:21","date_gmt":"2004-10-17T17:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=255"},"modified":"2009-04-12T18:43:32","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T22:43:32","slug":"power-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/10\/17\/power-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Block"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current mood: <\/strong>Revved Up
\n
Currently listening to: <\/strong>Spike TV’s “Power Block”<\/p>\n

I’ve gotta stop watching Spike TV’s “Power Block” lineup on weekends. With shows like “Car & Driver,” “Horsepower TV,” and “Trucks,” it can only lead to dissapointment. I mean, these shows end, and I just wanna go out and rev up the car and race somewhere, or go off road, or buy a turbo kit and install it, or something! <\/p>\n

Man, I guess it’s like they say… “I am my father’s son,” and if there’s a “car” gene, I must’ve got it. Or maybe it’s just the geek in me, who loves to tinker with machines. In any case, I’ve got plans for the Keithmobile-D… now I just have to wait until I can afford it!! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

On a somewhat unrelated note, I did some “Scoutlanding” the other day, and checked out a spot that my friend Tom had told me about. It’s up Route 12 a bit, out of Fitchburg, heading north (although by the compass I think I was heading west – gotta love the US highway system). There’s a break in the guardrail about maybe, oh, 5-10 miles down from West Fitchburg, where Route 12 splits from Route 2A – by a place called “Once Upon a Tile.” Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to go Outlanding there, because it had just rained the other day, and the beginning of the trail is through a field and then what appears to be a stream. In other words, it was a bit too muddy for me. But maybe I’ll be able to check it out again later this fall, when things have dried up a bit. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

That’s all for now, sports fans – see you next time. Over & out.<\/p>\n

-Keithius<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve gotta stop watching Spike TV’s “Power Block” lineup on weekends. I just wanna go out and rev up the car and race somewhere, or go off road, or buy a turbo kit and install it, or something! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[389],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars-and-trucks","tag-fun-stuff","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-47","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":703,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2006\/01\/21\/dangerous-obsession\/","url_meta":{"origin":255,"position":0},"title":"Dangerous Obsession","author":"Keith Survell","date":"January 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Man, I need to stop watching Spike TV's \"Powerblock.\" Especially the \"X-Treme 4x4\" and \"Trucks\" shows. 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