Sturgeon’s Law

Ninety per­cent of every­thing is crap.

Derived from a quote by sci­ence fic­tion author Theodore Stur­geon, who once said, “Sure, 90% of sci­ence fic­tion is crud. That’s because 90% of every­thing is crud.” Oddly, when Sturgeon’s Law is cited, the final word is almost invari­ably changed to ‘crap’.

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Brian’s Miata Mods

  1. Voodoo Mag­num Pearl Fin­ish Shift Knob (11/24/03 — free, leftover)
  2. Replaced one piece sun visors with 90 Miata fold­ing style ones (11/24/03 — free, leftover)
  3. Katskin Black Leather E-Brake Boot (11/24/03 — free, leftover)
  4. Voodoo Pearl Fin­ish E-brake Han­dle (11/24/03 — free, leftover)
  5. MGW cig lighter that says “EJECT” (11/24/03 — free, leftover)
  6. Removed tie-down hooks (AKA: Baby Teeth) from mouth (12/06/03 — free)
  7. Replaced OEM horn with dual-trumpet air horns (12/06/03 — free, leftover)
  8. Added Black Mesh Grill in mouth (12/06/03 — $47.00)
  9. Flash­ing third brake light (12/07/03 — free, leftover)
  10. OEM Color Keyed Front Mud Flaps (12/10/03 — $59.50) removed 10/31/04
  11. OEM Color Keyed Rear Mud Flaps (12/10/03 — $59.50)
  12. Moss Motors Short Shifter Kit (12/11/03 — free, left­over) removed 12/23/03
  13. Thin black metal license plate frame & match­ing screw cov­ers (1/2/04 — $11.60) removed 8/10/04, re-installed 3/19/05, painted Gar­net Red 7/29/05
  14. Sony CDX-565MXRF 10 Disc CD Changer w/MP3 capa­bil­ity (1/9/04 — $192.90)
  15. GoMi­ata Cus­tom Fit Travel Bags for 99+ Miatas (1/9/04 — $213.95)
  16. OEM Non-Powered Antenna Base (2/11/04 — $54.14)
  17. Generic 18″ Black Rub­ber Antenna (2/13/04 — $6.34) removed 8/26/04
  18. Cus­tom Carartz.com Car­i­ca­ture (2/26/04 — $102.80)
  19. Cus­tom fram­ing for above Cus­tom Car­i­ca­ture (3/2/04 — $90.77)
  20. Rac­ing Beat Power Pulse Muf­fler (3/6/04 — $239.16)
  21. JDM Dash Pocket to replace Pas­sen­ger Airbag Switch (3/6/04 — $20.05)
  22. Black Vent Rings, Radio/Shifter Sur­round & Inte­rior Door Han­dles (3/6/04 — free, swapped with Dave)
  23. Cus­tom Black & Tan Coco­mats (3/8/04 — $112.45) removed 4/10/06
  24. Lamin-x 3″ Round Yel­low Fog Light Pro­tec­tion Film (4/19/04 — $22.90) removed 1/28/05
  25. Bur­gundy Duct Tape (7/2/04 — $12.90)
  26. 3/8″Ø Foam Caulk Backer Rod (7/2/04 — $2.66)
  27. Honda S2000 stubby radio antenna (8/26/04 — $19.97)
  28. ATH Hins­berger Comet Front Lip Spoiler (9/24/04 — $325.77)
  29. 1999 15″ Miata OEM Wheels (9/24/04 — free, swapped with Russ)
  30. 195–50 x 15 Toyo T-1S Tires (9/27/04 — $283.94)
  31. 12″ Tan Vel­cro for Seat­belt Silencers(10/5/04 — 71¢)
  32. Front Lip Spoiler Paint­ing and Mount­ing (10/8/04 — $139.00)
  33. Tire Mount­ing (10/8/04 — $50.00)
  34. OEM Color Keyed Small Side Sills (10/31/04 — $349.00)
  35. Front Clear Side Mark­ers (1/28/05 — $33.95)
  36. Stealth Turn Sig­nal Bulbs (1/28/05 — $16.95)
  37. Replica Japan­ese Front License Plate (2/2/05 — $25.90) removed 2/11/05
  38. Lights in Rear Side­mark­ers (3/12/05 — $8.64)
  39. Painted back of rearview mir­ror Gar­net Red (4/2/05 — $39.33)
  40. Painted brake calipers Claret Wine (7/3/05 — $7.56)
  41. Japan­ese “The Emporer” Kanji Char­ac­ters (8/12/05 — $3.59) removed 8/14/05
  42. 5″ Calvin & Hobbes dark yel­low sticker (9/13/05 — $11.00) removed 1/8/07
  43. Vam­pire Teeth (10/05/05 — $43.80) removed 11/4/05
  44. OEM Trunk Cargo Net (12/20/05 — $15.60)
  45. Reflec­tix Insu­la­tion and Foil Duct Tape (8/5/06 — $27.41)
  46. Emperor Pal­pa­tine Dash­board Mojo (1/4/06 — $12.94)
  47. Cool Breeze Scoop (7/17/07 — $41.49)
  48. Rat­tle can of dark gray primer for paint­ing head­lights (3/22/08 — $6.41)

$2721.41 spent so far…