Archive | May, 2011

Baby You Can Buy My Car: 2008 VW Rabbit

11 May

Sweeeet Ride, Great Price. I’m selling to be able to faster accomplish a major life goal (become debt free!). I love this car, but I want to get SalleMae off my back…

For sale is my 2 door 2008 Volkswagen Rabbit.  Asking $13,000 OBO.
Featuring:

  • 21MPG City / 29 MPG Highway
  • 170 horsepower w/ 6 speed Automatic Transmission w/ Tipronic function (you can control shifting).
  • Heated mirrors
  • CD/mp3 player (for your mixed tapes road trip jams cd)
  • Aux sound hookup for mp3 player
  • Vented glove box (can blow AC into box)…not sure why, but would be good for insulin? eggs??
  • Cruise Control
  • One touch power windows (looks cool in the drive through)
  • Infrared night light (so you don’t dilate your pupils on stake-outs)
  • (2) Switchblade key fobs (easily the coolest key on the market)
  • (1) Valet Key (all ballas gotz 2 have one)
  • (2) Aux power sockets
  • (3) Cupholders (You know she’ll ask)
  • Back seats fold forward (at least 5 bodies)
  • Car Seat Anchors

As of this posting there are 33,728 miles on the car. The car is clean and in great shape. The paint is in good shape. There are a few minor dings and scuffs, but overall the car looks great. The windshield does have a “rainbow” scratch on the driver’s side from wiper.

The front tires are new (less than 3000 miles) and rear tires are at about 50%. Full size spare also about 50%.

Blue Book Value Link

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On Being a Pacifist (part 1)

3 May

Hey friends,
Apologies for the spottiness on posts in the last months. Life is crazy and this personal blog hasn’t exactly been a top priority.

Over the next few posts I will be writing about how I came to be a pacifist. For whatever reason, this area of my life has come up in alot of conversations recently and I get the feeling that I’ve misrepresented myself or haven’t really offered a sufficient explanation as to what I mean when I say that I am a pacifist or why. For the sake of clarity, let me begin with my personal definition. For me, being a pacifist means that I believe it would be wrong for me to kill another human being or go to war.

As far back as I can remember, I’ve hated conflict. I’m a younger brother, so I know what a fight is like. I have to say that life as a young child wasn’t easy for me. My older brother tried to kill me on multiple occasions while I was in the crib and really didn’t relent his attacks on me until almost the time he was legally allowed to drive. Some of my earliest memories are of him hitting me or poking me and me turning my back because I really didn’t like to fight. As much as I wanted him to stop, I hated fighting him back and I learned early that revenge never brought satisfaction. The times when I did fight and drew his blood never left me feeling smug and content. How could I be happy about that?

From the perspective that my early childhood shaped who I am today, it makes sense that I would not become a man who took pleasure in being violent. Maybe it helped that I learned early that retaliation never got me what I wanted. BUT there still seems to be a big gap (for most people) between not liking to fight your older brother and opposing war categorically. I agree, there is a big gap….that is why there will be more posts about this subject.

So there is contributing influence #1 of how I became a pacifist. My brother beat me. In case you were wondering, we have long since put our days of violence toward each other behind us. He is forgiven and I hope that he has forgiven me for the times that I fought back. Scott is one of my biggest cheerleaders and I am proud to have an older brother like him. Enemies can become friends.

More to come.
Grace and peace,
CWillz

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