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May 26, 2009 NYC and lots of walking Posted by: kazkoWe visited New York City today from Phili. Drove up early to catch the Battery Park ferry to Liberty Island and then Ellis Island. After filling the camera full of liberty photos, we walked up Manhattan, checked out the WTC rebuild area, had dinner and made it just in time to the Comedy Cellar to get front row seats. We three got heckled a lot by these guys: ARDIE FUQUA, GREGG ROGELL, CLAY BERTRAND, TODD BARRY, JAMES SMITH, KEITH ROBINSON, JIM NORTON, GREG GIRALDO, ANTHONY JESELNIK. Made it home by 2am.. Ugh... Click here
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May 25, 2009 Philadelphia Duck Tour Posted by: kazkoWe walked Philadelphia today and had a neat Amphibious Duck tour. They gave everybody cheap plastic duck call toys and required us to be annoying to passers by. Did you know that Benjamin Franklin had the only Sedan Chair around that was used to transport him daily to work. Click here
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May 24, 2009 Longwood Gardens Posted by: kazko
We got lucky enough to time our visit perfectly so that we were in Phili to see the rare Fireworks and Fountains show at Longwood Gardens
. The property itself is amazing as it has endless walks with amazing flowers, plants, shrubs, trees and other neat things to see. It also has endless numbers of large green houses connected together with all sorts of amazing things on display. Outside and around there are many fountains of varying sizes and the focus of the visit was the evening's show of Fountains and Fireworks which was delayed by an hour due to an imminent threat of stormy weather, but they finally let it start around 10:15pm, and before the introduction was finished, it started raining. We were prepared and had large umbrellas and were able to sit right there on the lawn enjoying the show while most everyone else scattered. Towards the end of the show the storm increased and got wild with lightning and thunder and sideways rain and we just sat there and watched the finale and the amazingly well sequenced fountains, lights, fireworks and lightening. I will remember this experience for a long time and now I wish I had gotten some video of the craziness to share with you all. 
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May 23, 2009 Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Posted by: kazkoWe visited Fort Washington this morning and then visited the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport which is a very large hangar that holds the things you cannot see at the DC Mall including the Space Shuttle Enterprise, Rockets, Capsules, Satellites and endless airplanes including the Enola Gay which is parked above some Japanese airplanes and you can eerily see the Japanese markings reflected from the silver skin of the plane that destroyed Japan. 
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May 22, 2009 DC Mall Posted by: kazkoWe rode the Metro down to the DC Mall and spent the day there. You have to be in line at 8am to get tickets to the National Monument and they are usually gone by 8:30. So we went up in the monument, visited many museums and monuments and got tons of photos. We must have walked at least 20 miles and were on feet all day long. Click here
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May 21, 2009 DC Zoo Posted by: kazkoSince arriving so late lastnight (this morning), we slept in and then drove to the DC Zoo and then walked around the National Cathedral and visited the gardens there. Click here
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May 20, 2009 Driving to DC and car problems Posted by: kazkoToday was all about driving to DC. Along the way our transmission started acting up. I have this funky car where there is no dipstick or fill for the transmission fluid. It has to be serviced from underneath with a special tool. Low gears started slipping so I figured that it was low on fluid due to my negligence. Naturally the area we were in had just closed down at 5:00pm. Everything was closed including Walmart service department. I would have normally just stayed the night and relaxed, but I already had $140 in to a hotel in DC for the night and I didnt want to waste that, so I was motivated to keep on the road. I decided to try to add fluid myself at this one auto store that hadnt closed yet. I got some fluid and a tube and crawled under the car in their parking lot. It was easy to determine which of the two screws was the drain plug and which was the fill/service plug so I went to town. Unfortunately, amidst the frustrations of the problem and not being able to source any help, I had forgotten the one simple thing that most guys know which is that transmission fluid must be checked while the engine is running and the pump is primed. Trans fluid is part of the system and is normally pressurized up in the pump and such, so when I removed that bolt with the engine off, all of the trans fluid was just sitting there in bulk and out it came, very hot, all over my arm and then down their nice parking lot... I hesitated for a second then grabbed the bolt and stuck it back in to stop the flow. Naturally my arm is covered in hot stinky messy fluid and this river of oil is flowing its way down the parking lot. We grabbed some towels to dike up what we could and I cleaned up a bit and realized my error. Running the motor proved to allow me to remove the bolt safely and add some fluid. My method of adding fluid throught a tiny hose using gravity didnt really work so well and I think most of it just came down my arm so I gave up, accepted defeat and decided to wait the night. I went back into the place to get some cat litter to throw down on my mess and they came up with a name of someone who could help us and was still open. We drove over to a very 'bad' part of town and this little corner place was apparently a hangout for the local folk as well. I found our guy and discussed the problem at great length because he didnt seem to understand why I couldnt add fluid. Finally after crawling under my car and doing his own investigation he came to the conclusion that I had no transmission fill tube and needed a special tool that he didnt have. Angrily, I went on my way, and lowe and behold, the transmission light goes out and the thing seems to be working fine. I keept driving. We make it to DC hotel at 2:30am after getting lost in Downtown DC due to highway construction, poor signage and one wrong turn and exhaustion... I think that the transmission filter may have gotten clogged and messing around with the fluid may have cleared the issue and allowed it to work again. It got us along the rest of the trip and then home again. I'll take it in for servicing later. 
And to make things even worse, we had hit a bird the evening before on the highway and came to find it still on my grill the day after. But at least now I know why it was flying so low and across the highway... May 19, 2009 Graceland, Elvis and BBQ and Elvis and Elvis and Elvis... Posted by: kazkoWe left home this morning at 5am and drove to Memphis in order to hit Graceland before it closed. Spent about four hours on the property where every single minute was consumed with audio of Elvis Presley singing or talking or being talked about. After the tour we went to a nearby BBQ place called Marlowes. Naturally it was Elvis themed and we had another 1.5 hours of listening to Elvis music... Click here
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May 19, 2009 Hunka Hunka Burnin Love! Posted by: Eric CWent to Graceland today. And yes, it's awesome! May 18, 2009 new start. keeping track Posted by: emtmom1917well i thought that i would start keeping a long of what has been going on with my suggie since i got him. well when i first got buddy he was really scared of me. i couldn't even pick up his pouch with out him crabbing. the first couple of days he would get out and get on the top of my windows not come down. while trying to get him in his pouch during this he would bit us. i tryed talking nice and sweet( as i typeing he is licking my finger) he would still crab and try to bit. will i found this web site and started researching everything i could and asking questions. i bought a bonding pouch like everyone said and put up the tent for tent time. well its been just about a month and he is starting to get use to me. i am not able to move his pouch to put him in the bonding pouch in the morning. i take him everywhere with me. it seemed right after our first tent time he has let me hold him a little and pet him more. when i first put my had in the pouch he crabs alittle but then he will rub his nose on my finger and start giving me kisses. i feel so proud that he is starting to get use to me.i feel that i'm being the best suggie mom i can. no its time to find him a play mate. which has seem to be hard. but it will work out. May 9, 2009 I have 2 of these terrors, and it's not my fault i have them. Posted by: dbjohns My ex wanted them because she had one a long time ago and missed it, so we picked them up off some people who found them in a garage for a really cheap price (like $50 and they came with a huge parrot cage and some food bins). I didn't want them because I am the stereotypical guy who scoffs at tiny dogs and refuses to own anything adorable. Well she got them anyways and left them with me during the breakup. Now I have them, along with a general idea on how to take care of them. I named them Chuck Norris and Bruce Willis, they are happier than when we got them and seemingly healthy (they haven't exploded or anything). I have had a few people offer to take them, but now that I have owned them for awhile I like em, they seem to like me too, seeing as how they jump on me and scuttle around on my back every chance they get. They get the run of my apartment while I'm sleeping, and seem to get a kick out of wrecking the place every chance they get (they got into some flour once and half of my kitchen was white). But I have glider rules now and a set routine before I go to bed, so they don't get much of a chance to destroy anything these days. Other than that they chill with me when I'm up too late (like now) and usually beg for noodles or yogurt. I left them with my mom when I was out of town once, and she fell in love with them, so now they get new toys every time they visit her and better food than I get (she has a veritable cornucopia of fruits and veggies she gardens). I honestly don't know how old these guys are, or how to tell, but I am happy to know that they are happy and I will keep them for that. May 9, 2009
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