Oct 28

Car Annoyances

Bart purchased an after-market alarm/remote start for my car back in August. We ordered 3 remotes (1 two way and 2 one way). The 3rd remote wouldn’t program. After a few weeks of fiddling with it, the guy who installed it finally got it programed, in the 4th remote ‘slot’, and the general consensus is that slot 3 doesn’t work.

A couple days ago, I was taking a nap and Bart was up working at his desk, and my remote started going off, like someone was trying to break into the car. He rushed out, but didn’t find anything suspicious at the time. We figured someone just lifted one of the door handles to see if it was locked, and ran away when the alarm went off.

Tonight when I got home, I got out of my car, locked it, and went inside. By the time I kicked my shoes off at the front door, my remote started beeping, and the shock sensor icon was on. I put my shoes back on and went back out. The alarm didn’t seem to be going off, but as I was standing there, the shock sensor gave warning chirps like someone bumped the car. Nothing was touching it. It wasn’t windy, and there were no trucks rumbling by.

I’m starting to grow very suspect of this alarm unit. My remote has also randomly rebooted itself on several occasions, despite the battery icon showing ‘full’.

Dec 28

Weather freaks people out.

I took this picture today on my way to the ATM, which is normally a 5-minute drive from my apartment. It took over 20 minutes to get there today. For those that know Lansing, I am on Saginaw going west toward Canal, about halfway between Creyts and Canal. Traffic was backed up in both directions on Saginaw as far as I could see, presumably all the way from Lansing to I-96.

May 31

Felonious Assault… With a Tomato.

Yeah, you read that right.

Last Sunday Bart and I decided to go to the Fleetwood Diner in Lansing for ‘dinner’ after I got out of work at midnight. After having some less-than-cool experiences there the last 2 times (more on that later), we figured we were OK since it was Sunday night/Monday morning. There weren’t many people when we got there, we got a good table and were served quickly. Continue reading