Spring is Here!

Okay, so it's not exactly warmed up yet, but the snow is off the roads.  Which means biking is a lot more fun again.  I actually like this time of year, because cool temps are more comfortable for riding.  Though in Boston, the wind can really get stirred up in the spring time--today, riding up Commonwealth Avenue, up Beacon Hill, the wind was definitely not my friend.  Nor are the potholes, which can get pretty serious after a long winter like we just had.

Oddly, the main challenge for me in biking isn't from winter, it's from spring gardening.  I just can't effectively carry some of the more serious loads of compost, soil, or long poles/trellises with my bike.

I'm also looking at a farm business training class that starts next fall, up in Lowell.  The good news is that I can get there by commuter rail, and I can ride my bike to the train station, and bring my bike on the train, so I can get to my destination at the end.  But the trip is still going to eat up a lot more time (probably) than it would if I had a car.  Luckily, it's not that long of a class, about six weeks, so I can swing it.

If, however, in the following year, I wanted to rent one of their incubator fields, to set up a mini-farm, I'm not sure if I could manage it.  It might be possible to do it without a car, but it'll take some serious planning.

I've got to see if I can find any blogs about farmers who aren't Amish and who manage to do without a car, if that's even possible.   I think the guy who writes the Tiny Farm blog didn't have a car for a while (but he has a tractor, or borrows one).  Or I just need to find ways to keep farming close to home (like I have been, but land in Boston is very hard to scrounge).

Silly cat

I felt like drawing cats...  
Well, maybe the dead mouse laying in front of my door and the mysteriously knocked over flowerpot in the living room inspired me. Maybe.

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Elemental Tattoos officially opened for business!

Well, the time has finally come! I have been practicing for many months now, I recently graduated from grapefruits to human flesh, and I have completed a couple of very well executed tattoos, that you can look at here. I am now confident that I can do a very professional job for anyone wanting a tattoo, HOWEVER, I am going to be starting with much simpler designs, lettering, symbols, and smaller pieces. If you are looking for a very large or complex tattoo, please feel free to contact me with design ideas, and I will do top notch design work for you and keep you posted as my skill level increases and I eventually am ready for the larger more complex tattoos. This should be relatively soon at the rate I am learning and improving my skill as a tattooist. My promise to ALL my clients is that the work will be expertly executed, and with the utmost attention to sterile and healthy working techniques. I will not tackle anything that I do not feel 100% ready to do PERFECTLY. So if your tattoo idea is extremely ambitious, please be patient and I will get to it when my skill level and confidence is exactly where it needs to be.

My most recent work was the 'Damaged Goods' tattoo you see below, for my dear friend Wilson. The work flowed smoothly, and the precision and details are clean and as close to perfect as possible. This was the tattoo that made me realize I am ready to start working professionally. In the next few weeks I will be adding a great deal of equipment to my inventory, new tips, inks, needles, shaders, and autoclave etc. So the work will be getting more sophisticated very quickly. Drop me a line at directly if you want me to get to work on a tattoo design for you.



My pricing will be extremely fair, both for designs and final tattoo execution. I will price each individual job to suit the client, so you can expect to pay far less than you might at a typical tattoo shop. So let the creative fun begin! I look forward to hearing from you and working with you to create a tattoo that will live on you and in you, and be a great source of pride and inspiration for a lifetime!

Cherry blossom

It seems the blog was 1 year old yesterday. I'm the kind of person who forget about a blog 3 months after creating it, so it's rather incredible. :p

Cherry blossom design

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Doll

I don't doodle enough characters. Because either they look ugly, either they look too girly for my mind to agree. Or both. Sigh.

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Steam Swallow

A friend for last week swallow. Same general shape, but steampunkish.

steampunk swallow tattoo design

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2009 Alfa Romeo 159 Autodelta J4

A year passed since Autodelta J4 2.2 C was released, but the tuning company didn’t stop with this model. Now they announce J4 3.2 C based on 3.2-litre V6 version to complete the range upgrades for the Alfa 159.

Autodelta has more than 25 years experience in developing and applying forced induction principles to Alfa Romeos.The result of supercharging the 3.2 V6 engine is just breath stopping. The power unit now delivers 352 bhp and 435 Nm of torque. These figures will satisfy even the most extreme needs of the fans.

The tuning package for J4 3.2 C doesn’t include only engine modifications. The tuning company Autodelta added bigger brake system, some chasis and electronics upgrades, stiffened suspension, which includes adjustable coilovers. It is everything about the performance of the car.

Alfa Romeo 159 Autodelta J4 3.2 C combines spirit and cutting-edge technology. The main goal of tuners from Autodelta is to improve the driving experience behind the steering wheel and obviously they achieved it.

J4 3.2 is a flamboyant and in the same time stylish four-door sedan with clearly expressed sporty character.

SPESIFIKASI Proton Neo S2000 Versi Rally

Latest Neo Proton has the same exterior design with S2000 cars Proton Rally Team had a decrease in the arena of APRC and IRC.
You can change the look of Neo CPS rally cars like these. Let's review what sophisticated features in a car peg Proton S2000 mainstay in the event that Rally.

Proton Neo S2000 name implies is a super letter S, while the 2000 is the engine capacity is already a 2000 cc.

This rally car using a capacity of 2000cc four-cylinder engine based on the Proton Waja 1.8. This machine can produce power at 278 hp at 7600 rpm. The great thing is that big power can be achieved without the help of the turbo.

While the standard capacity Neo CPS engine is 1600 cc with power output of 125 hp.

Engine with an output power that big four-wheel coupled with the transmission system specially designed by Xtrac for S2000, which uses a six-speed sequential gearbox with three-plate limited slip differential.

Big machines will be useless if it is not necessarily balanced with good suspesnsi. Proton uses MacPherson strut and wishbone suspension designed by MEM and using dynamic Dampers, and anti-roll bars front and rear.

Change the body design on a more aerodynamic with a larger rear spoiler to increase downforce while eating trajectory rally. Overall, the original design still feels Neo CPS, only difference lies in the fenders that appear more extreme.

While brake system, Neo S2000 is using materials alloys 4 pot calipers and ventilated brake appendix, thus any extreme maneuvers could be controlled by the maximum.

Fun, along with the launch of the Proton Neo CPS, the Proton distribution Indonesian journalists and invited guests to sample the rally cars it.

Lamborghini Reventon

Lamborghini showed off it’s new car at the Frankfurt auto show this week. The new car is called Reventon and the sticker price is a cool $1,000,000.00. 20 will be released in 2008, they sold out in no time, most of them to US buyers.