Back to the future ...

I am 55 days out from my bodybuilding contest, and here is what I look like from the back. It is slow, but I am getting there.

The Cobra IRS is installed and functional!

It was only Friday, March 23 that I finally believed this project was actually going to work. At this rate, we may make it to the Woodward Dream Cruise this August.

The main point of this video was to have a little fun, and to document the fact that the IRS is, indeed, suspending the Meteor. Now, if I can just scrub my hands clean enough to receive Holy Communion tomorrow!

Meanwhile, on the OTHER Meteor project ...

I set a goal to have a 1963 Mercury Meteor "Resto-Mod" car done for my son Eliot by the time he gets his driver's license. He just turned 14, and it looks like we might actually make it. This car will absolutely be badass!

Features: 2003 Mustang Cobra IRS (Independent Rear Suspension), 1999 6-way adjustable Cobra seats, Stage 3 IFS (Independent Front Suspension) from CMJ Performance, Ford Hydroboost power brakes (w/ Cobra disk brakes all around), rack-and-pinion power steering, DynoTech Driveshaft, 2005 Mustang wheels. So far, the motor is 5.0L Mustang GT, but will most likely be a 347 c.i.d. stroker motor before we're done.

Our latest work is finishing off the Cobra IRS installation. Below is one photo from yesterday, but you can read the whole saga here.

I am proud that this entire project has been done right in our driveway, with our own tools.

Voices Green and Purple

File this blog entry under the Hot Rod part of Hot Rod Anglican ...

I picked up Eliot from school today in my 1962 Meteor ... which made him very happy. The "car guy" Vice Principal from Eliot's school also came over to look at the car, and Eliot popped the hood for him. It was a nice moment.

When I got home, I put on this seafoam-green-with-purple-flames shifter ball, because the purple die (singular of dice, that is) shifter knob kept falling off. This is one I had custom made by a guy about 7 or 8 years ago, I think, and I just kept it in the box until now. It has a little light bulb that goes up inside it that, when I get it wired, will make the translucent purple "flames" light up at night.

Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi (Uganda) Spanks TEc PB.

Ugandan Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi did a beautiful job of teaching TEc Presiding Bishopess Katharine Jefferts Schori where and why she is completely wrong:

You could read it here ...

But it is way more fun to read with Christopher Johnson's running commentary!

Cindy Phillips to Make Pro Bodybuilding Debut at the Europa!

Under the "Beach Party" division of Anglican Beach Party, would be this breaking news in the world of Women's Bodybuilding:

Cindy Phillips to Make Her Pro Debut at the August Europa Show!!



Cindy is one of my all-time favourite bodybuilders. She is from Canada, and turned Pro in 2007. I wish you the best of success in Dallas, Cindy!

Read Cindy's blog entry about her Pro debut here!

In the studio ... Chrome Folk Bar-B-Q!

My band is called Chrome Folk Bar-B-Q. I think we chose that name because it was the only one we all disliked equally.

Anyhow, we have gone into the studio to begin work on a CD. Finally, we will have some music available for people to listen to at home.

Our style is a bit hard to define ... Eclectic Electric Folk might come pretty close ... you be the judge, once the CD comes out! In this blog entry from last year is an embedded YouTube video ... if you'd like a sample of our sound.

And here is how we looked in the studio: