Boring Political Bullshit

It seems nobody likes my political bullshit. Zero comments over two days.

Now I can not really blame anyone for this. Political bullshit is boring.

But I know what is more exciting than political bullshit! LED lights! I have become obsessed with LED lights. I can not get enough LED lights.

Due to this obsession, I have been converting to LED lights whenever possible. All my flashlights are LED now. These were the first to be converted / replaced.

You see, LED lights draw very little power. So a LED flashlight can use smaller batteries (less weight) and your batteries last a long time. And you still get a lot of light.

I am also in the process of replacing the lights in my truck with LED. I have already replaced the tail running / brake lights. The running lights and brake lights are the same in my truck. One of the brake lights burned out so I replaced them both with LED. Before I can replace the turn signals with LED I need to get a LED compatible flasher. Otherwise the truck will think one of my lights is burned out and the turn signals will flash really fast.

LED lights last a very long time. They will not burn out. Not for some insane number of hours anyway. The truck wiring will corrode away before the lights fail.

Most recently I did this.



I have two courtesy lights in the boat. They used to have white lights. Now they have blue LED bulbs.

Anyhow I keep plugging away. When I can replace something with a LED bulb I do. I would like to get LED lights for the house, but they are so darn expensive. The good thing is they will last forever (most are rated for 100,000 hours - that is over 10 years left on all the time) and draw very little power. They are the ultimate in energy saving light devices.

As I said - I am obsessed with LED. Everything must be LED for all to be OK in the world. I am on a mission here.

Things I Never Knew Existed, But That I Needed.

I should know better than to look through a catalog. The "Sportsmans Guide" people love to send me catalogs. Of course they know I buy stuff from them. Like all sorts of LED flashlights. I also bought a 20 LED lantern, a set of 4 smaller LED lanterns, a cool gun cleaning kit, and probably some other crap I have forgotten about it.

But I think LED things are cool. Batteries last forever. Really. LEDs are the ultimate light source - and they keep getting brighter all the time. Hell I may even replace some real light bulbs with LED things. Yea they cost $50 - $75 a pop but you get maximum bang per watt. For the amount of light I get from a 100 watt bulb, with a LED replacement I might use 10 watts. Or less. Really. And they last forever too. 100,000 hour average life per LED. I may never have to replace them. Imagine a light bulb you pass on in your will.

Anyhow, I found these things in the catalog.

How cool! Shit this solves the "cant see shit behind me when I tow the boat" problem. Really - with the factory mirrors on the truck all I see is this giant thing really close behind the truck. And the side of the hull. Some of it anyway.

So I went on a quest to find these items locally. And I found a place that sells them. So I bought a pair. They clip on the factory mirror, and strap on using these rubber strap things. They are fully adjustable, and about the same size as the factory mirrors. So the end result is that with these things, my mirrors extend twice as far. And I can take them off so I do not smack things with em.

Of course I COULD have just adjusted the factory mirrors and maybe been able to see better. I never tried that. But now I do not have to. I can just use the clip on things. Something I needed, but did not know about. Catalogs rule.

MOVIE REVIEW! Pursuit Of Happyness was a change from the last few flicks I got - which were sort of dark. It is a true story about some dude who buys into a company selling portable bone density machines which he can then not sell. His bitch wife ditches him but he keeps the kid. He goes to work as an unpaid intern for Dean Witter, selling machines on the weekend. He looses all his money and has to sleep in bus stations and homeless shelters and stuff. But it all works out. He ends up with a better job, making real money, and eventually becomes a multi-millionaire. I hope he remembers where he once was and is very generous giving to that homeless shelter.

The next three movies in the way are Mean Creek, Midnight Cowboy, and The Royal Tenebaums.