Archives / March, 2006

The Ides of March (a day late)

Et tu, Brute? In addition to having been a bad day for Caesar, the Ides of March is also the instrumental opening track on Iron Maiden’s classic 1981 album Killers. As a former junior high school heavy metal fanatic, I just had to share. Listen to it here, or you can download it on iTunes…

Transmitter Ass

Now that our family has gone Fully Hybrid, I am in the process of readying our gas-guzzling 1998 Toyota Landcruiser for sale: tune-up, detailing, collecting service records, etc. Our original remote-lock/unlock key fell apart, so I had to order a replacement unit. Disgustingly, Toyota charges $200 for a replacement key, which is just shameless price-gouging,…