Tolga's Railroad Repository

It is the habit of people to chant the amount of time left to the next break. It shows up a lot everywhere, especially on Facebook. Well, I guess it fits to speak of it now, writing from the hind end of the big Thanksgiving weekend. But maybe the big idea everyone is forgetting is that one will not live forever. It may be before long that one sees the heavens that determine our afterlife. My friend has an album (long term memory speaking) called "hay que disfrutar la vida" (Spanish for " You have to enjoy life ") and that title has been hitting me throughout the course of my High school years. Yes, it is torture sometimes to have to do college level work, but these years are supposed to be the most entertaining. Hell, I am among a family, a large one at that. And yet, I only have two years one and a half years left to enjoy it! Counting down is like anticipating your death, except you're doing it in intervals. One needs to realize they will only be where t...

IKEA Hacking is a fairly small trend that goes on in the home improvement sector. What it usually entails is a think-outside-the-box modification to certain appliances that they sell. Not surprisingly, the simplest hacks can be the most effective. Aside from a model railroading project I have been planning, I am also intending to do something I call Game Night Readiness . (A pun of A380 ready, which only select airports are, it's like making my house ready for a breed of people) My room has been plagued with considerably obsolete furniture for quite some time, and it wasn't until Winter 2009-2010 that the first changes started rooting. My computer (laptop) and most of what I did happened downstairs at the time, and I finally moved up by June 2010. By December the second change gracefully happened as this fine 1920x1080 desktop came aboard, and now that I have witnessed a Game Night, I felt like I wanted to chip in my own cash. Most if not all of the items here have been ...

I have had experience documenting subject-specific entries on a series of web logs for the past couple of years, notably in the model railroad, Rail Simulation, and LEGO hobbyist fronts. I feel the time has come to make general, varied, and critical entries on the many aspects of life and what has come my way. So feel free to take a seat, grab a Café Cubano, and get taken into a journey that will almost put you in my shoes.