Blog archives

A collection of all the nonsense I've posted to the internet over the past 25 years of my blog life

  • My Fartcan is on Order posted - 4 comments

    So today after finding out my financial situation is not crappy, I ordered myself a new exhaust... or fartcan if you hate that import exhaust sound. Anyway, I got a 3" stainless steel turbo back exhaust with a 4" tip from RnR Racing. I can't wait. I'm gonna be so loud, haha... read more

  • Father Skirts posted - 2 comments

    Hmmm, the weekend.Friday, Kari and I saw dodgeball. funny movie. Kevi also finished editing the third nutpunt video, which is sort of a continuation of the characters and ideas of our "I against I" video. Today he got it all converted to flash and uploaded to the site: www.nutpunt.com. Too bad the flash is a little choppier than the actual video (especially the first time you watch it)... read more

  • Big Brown Titties in the Viper Convoy at the Motor Inn posted - 10 comments

    It's 8:00 AM and today is already good. I checked my mail this morning and had the Iggy Pop & Peaches - Motor Inn vinyl. Felix has this really really good mix on it. Very hard hitting - good club music. I've been looking for the record for a long friggin time... read more

  • Mustangs want me posted - 4 comments

    Alright so my MAFS went out right? I called several dealerships and junkyards trying to find this part. The prices ranged from $325-$680. And I found another guy that would give me one in trade of a case of beer. Well that guy sucked at communicating, so I sucked at trusting him... read more

  • Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen: divide by 2 add 7 posted - 8 comments

    So today has been pretty crappy due to my lame car... but my buddy Tanner just informed me that today (June 13) is the Olsen twins' 18th birthday. Now, even though they're legally dateable and pretty hot. I don't know if I could date them. I mean, the obvious reason being they are famous and I am not... read more

  • Cars are tricky, Iowa Cops are fishy, and Iowa Cubs are funny posted - 11 comments

    Holy day. This AM I had to wake up early to take my car to the shop to get looked at. It has been idling really weird and cutting out. After talking to a few people I came to the conclusion that it was the Mass Airflow Sensor (MAFS). The shop called at 10 this morning and told me I was right... read more

  • OQO posted - 3 comments

    Oh man, I hate tech and my want/need for it all the time. OQO is releasing their "PDA" this year. It is so dope. Slightly bigger than I'd want it to be, but I could definitely live with it for all that it does. Although, I might have to carry a man-bag... read more

  • I love Apple and their B.S. iPod posted - 2 comments

    Man, even though I hate to say it, Apple customer service is insanely awesome. I called them a couple weeks ago to see if it was still covered under warranty, and it was (with about 8 days to go). There were a few complications because I didn't have my receipt and part of their system said I was out of warranty, while the other said I was still in warranty. Anyway, they were awesome and got everything straightened out and were able to service my iPod. Every time I called Apple Care their was less than a 5 minute wait and the people were really cool... read more

  • 1 Year Anniversary. posted - 11 comments

    Starting today Kari and I have been together 1 year!!! haha, actually today I have been at Pioneer for 1 year... wtf that went fast. I really have no idea how long Kari and I have been together... she has no idea either so we're straight... read more

  • Cornell Graduation, Renaissance, and Skating. posted - 1 comment

    3 day weekends for life, yo. So Saturday was Cornell graduation. It was alright... the speaker was insanely boring. I didn't see any of my old CSC professors, which was sad... read more

  • Fire posted - 2 comments

    Yesterday after I got home from work and the cab, I decided to go skate at the church down the street for a while. The whole time I was there, I saw this helicopter just hovering about 100 yards down the road from me, wtf? I figured that the news must have been watching me... Well, after a while, I went back to the apartment to get my car and go somewhere. Only, some cop was blocking me in... read more

  • Lightning, Tornados, Floods, Bow Fishing posted - 3 comments

    I usually try not to write unless big things are happening... because blogs get annoying when people talk about every detail of their lives. But man so many things have already happened this week. Yesterday the road to was flooded over on the way to work. Stupid water... read more

  • My Last Real Weekend at Cornell posted - 3 comments

    Well this was the last weekend of the school year for Cornell College. Everyone will be done Wednesday and moving out except for seniors - who have to stay until graduation on Saturday. So I guess Friday night will be the last night of 'going out' in Mount Vernon... but it'll be lame because only senior's will be there as will a lot of family. So the weekend was decent... read more

  • Better, Closer, Warmer posted - 6 comments

    So a while ago I made a "new design" for derek.broox.com, but I wasn't able to upload it because harper's server went wack on me. Anyway, everything is kosher now so I finished it up and uploaded it today. The only reason I really redesigned is because all my friends are starting to build sites and the list was too big for the header above... So I added a column on the right and put them there. The new links are Cedric and Aaron... read more

  • Xtreme Nation Demos posted - 1 comment

    So, I just got back from Saint Louis with Aaron, Zach, and Jordan... It was so much fun. Friday, I got on the tiny plane for my hour long flight to STL, haha. The plane was small enough to where we had to board from the tarmac, hehe. We stayed in Chesterfield, which is a lame lame town... read more

  • Kraus is gone but the burger lives on posted - 9 comments

    Today was Chad Kraus' last day at Pioneer... weird. So here's a little story of him and his time here... He started the same day I did almost a year ago. The punk actually got the job I applied for, hehe whatever, I write web apps (roxor)... read more

  • Kevi turned into a girl... and that is sad. posted - 13 comments

    KeviAtWork: i have to confess something to you that will piss you off for the rest of the day KeviAtWork: i got a cat last night Derek R Brooks: i dont even know what to say to that KeviAtWork: :-( Derek R Brooks: i am disappointed Derek R Brooks: and sad Derek R Brooks: :-( KeviAtWork: dude KeviAtWork: this cat rules Derek R Brooks: that is the worst oxymoron i've ever heard Derek R Brooks: you are a pussy KeviAtWork: haha KeviAtWork: man, i need the internet at my house so i can post I Against I Derek R Brooks: you need a 22 at your house so you can shoot your cat KeviAtWork: no read more

  • Poker, Wedding, etc. posted - 4 comments

    Eh, so I guess I should write something on my site. The weekend was decent... Friday night was another 9 player no-limit hold 'em tournament at Nehru's. I took 2nd place in the first game, got out early in the second, and took 4th place in the third. Nehru's garage makes me jealous... read more

  • INTAKE'D!!! posted - 8 comments

    I got a new intake pipe from ebay yesterday. dsmtuners.com tells you that it's the first step you should take (along with a conical air filter) when modding your car. However, I'm finding out that most intake pipes don't really do anything for a turbo 2g DSM. The Injen intake (which is very similar to the intake I got) is dyno proven to not increase horsepower. The only thing that it does is look cool and make the turbo/BOV sound cooler... read more

  • Theta Formal and Kari's Car posted - 5 comments

    This year Theta Formal was in Dubuque on the Miss Dubuque dinner boat, which was nice... definitely something different than normal. It was funny because a few of the girls had just gotten back from a Carribean Cruise, so they thought that our small dinner boat was HILARIOUS.... it's a friggin dinner boat on the Mississippi and it costs $35 a person, what do you expect? It's sorta like how my car is really really funny to ride in after riding on a bus...... read more