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Thats an awesome Natsu! Good drawing!

"This news surprises Gwildor! This was my big comeback!"

Welcome to AC!

Now that you mention it, I'm starting to wonder how the tailed beasts fit into that Madara story too... I agree with you, they better all be connected or are somehow critical to the end plot..

Heres the link to the NASA Hubble site were all the images can be seen in full size. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/multimedia/ero/index.html These pics are amazing. That butterfly one looks like the creation of a supermassive black hole. It has an acreation disk at the center and the butterfly wings look like massive jets. Theres probably a black hole in the middle of that right now.

I drove back and forth to work today and even hit a couple stores... and no leaks! I'm pleased for now.

Thats a possibility... But I like the violence. \

Mimic 2 & 3 were not impressive. If you liked Mimic you'll probably like "The Relic" too.

Impressive. Anyone know when the game will be coming out?

A while ago, I had some serious engine rocking problems and misfires happening with my car. The end result was a $700 repair bill at a local mechanic. Part of the repair work about $150 of it, was for replacing the valve cover gasket. Well, a few months after it was done, it started leaking oil and over the past 6 months it started leaking really bad, causing oil to leak down onto the exhaust manifold and cause grey smoke to come out from under the hood on a daily basis. Seeing as the valve cover already had a new gasket and still leaked, I figure the valve cover itself needs to be replaced as it has become warped with heat and/or damaged somehow. I went to the local pick n pull and found the only saturn that had the same valve cover as mine. I lucked out pretty good. I have pictures of the valve cover before and after cleaning and what the factory gasket (black gasket) looks like. Maybe I'll post those pictures in another blog entry. But why did I buy the valve cover at the scrap yard? Because it only costed $11 compared to the close to $400 the dealership wants. This tutorial isn't completely in-depth on how to change a valve cover gasket but it does cover all the steps. All I can say is that for a saturn, it is easier to change your valve cover than to change your front brake calipers and bleed the brake lines. 1) First off, drive the car up onto car ramps (not those shitty plastic ones, unless you want a car to fall on your head), put an oil drain pan under the oil pan, drain the oil by removing the oil pan plug, then remove the oil filter and also let that drain. Then screw back on your oil pan plug and put on a new oil filter. I have no pictures of doing all that. X'D 2) Disconnect your battery at the negative terminal. Now you'll want to mark the number order of your spark plug boots with duct tape and pull them out and set them to the side. Then disconnect the hose and unplug the pcv valve from the valve cover. 3) Now you'll remove the bolts holding the valve cover on. I would take them off in the order as specified in the haynes/repair manual. Then take the valve cover off, be careful, its an oily mess. The old gasket should come off rather easy, but you might have scrape the gasket off the manifold or valve cover, if any rtv was used. This is a picture of the old valve cover and gasket (the gasket is blue). 4) Here is a picture of the engine head after I cleaned it. You have to have a clean oil free surface for your gasket or else it will leak. I used Brakekleen and a rag. 5) Here is another angle. I'm posting these next couple pictures because I didn't know where I was supposed to apply the rtv when replacing the gasket. All over the internet, people would say "where the timing chain cover meets the head." or "on the timing chain T-joints." 6) Which are right here. I felt stupid. I've never messed with engines before and I didn't realize that the timing chain had its own cover that covered a large chunk of the engine on the passenger side. 7) Here is another angle. If you can make it out from my blurry picture, there is a slight recess in this joint. That is what you want to definitely be filled in with rtv. When I applied rtv, I smeared it on with my thumb and made sure air didn't get trapped in it. Now remember, do not apply rtv until you are ready to put the valve cover on and tighten all the bolts! rtv sets very fast and you don't want to have it harden up before you put everything back together. 8) This is the new slightly used valve cover from the scrap yard. I cleaned it quite a bit with engine degreaser and then with brakekleen the day before and then let it thoroughly dry. The gasket easily fits snug into the valve cover's grooves. 9) These are the locations where I put a small amount of rtv to make sure I got a good seal. I also applied rtv to the engine head at the same spots so the rtv will grab itself when I put the valve cover on. 10) And here is a picture of the valve cover bolts with their little gaskets on them. Remember to keep all the gaskets oil free! 11) Now apply your rtv on those spots I pointed out, (I used the blue rtv), and then very carefully place the valve cover back on, without smudging your rtv! and then put the bolts back on by hand at first and then follow the tightening sequence as shown in your repair manual. 12) Here is another angle of what it will look like properly tightened. My old valve cover was flush with the head which shows how warped it must have been, considering this one is a more uniformly even spacing all around. 13) Now put those boots back on your spark plugs and reconnect the hose, pcv valve and then your negative battery connection. 14) Then let your car sit for 24 hours so your rtv will fully cure. Once thats done, put in 4 quarts of oil and test the car for leaks. I just did this job yesterday and put oil in around 6 tonight. It looks like everything is holding up well. But I'm still keeping my eyes open for leaks. Hopefully I won't come across another problem related to this. x_x

I came across a website that was using vbulletin, but had a facebook chat bar.. I thought, wtf? But after looking around a bit, I stumbled across this site: http://www.cometchat.com/ Interesting. I wouldn't mind having a feature like this on AC. It be like a built in instant messenger. Very spiffy.

I found an article with Stan Lee's comments on the Disney/Marvel deal: STAN "the Man" LEE Calls Marvel/Disney Deal "Perfect" http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090901-stan-lee-marvel-disney.html

At first, I thought you said Golden Girls... I watched almost every episode of that show when I was a kid. I still like the theme song... "Thank you for being a friend..." X'D

I'm watching Cheat Sheet on the Science channel and then the new Universe episode is on at 9. ^__^ Yesterday we caught up on the One Piece episodes we were backed up on. Finally getting to Impel Down. And earlier we watched episode 3 of Space: Above and Beyond. It'll probably take us a while to finish that series tho.

Yay! Another good series to watch.

Thats pretty interesting.

The next couple chapters will be pure win!

With what Madara said, wouldn't it now make sense that the story should be revolving around Madara vs. Yamato as they are the true epitome of the blood duel Madara was just talking about... and look, they're both right there and Yamato is even using a wood jutsu on Madara at that exact moment... but nooo... we must somehow tie this new plotline into something about Naruto and Sasuke.

I added some new ranks. But only a few so far. I forgot how to edit animated gifs... ; but I got the hang of it again so making new ones shouldn't be to hard.

rotflmao! I didn't even notice it says 'engaged' on that page. X'D

lmao. Thats hilarious. X'D

I just heard that Zac Efron has been cast as Lobo. J/K But thats what would happen if Disney bought DC instead of Marvel. X'D

I've only seen the first 3 or 4 episodes... But they had the guy from stargate atlantis guest star in an episode and I refused to watch it because he was in it. That show pissed me off so much. X'D Unfortunately I haven't seen an episode since then. The new season of Universe started at it has the same timeslot as warehouse 13. I'll try and catch some of the more recent episodes tho. Did they add any new characters to the show yet? I still don't get how only 3 full time people take care of everything.

lol. If only someone got a video of it and posted it on youtube. X'D