thanks for the tips, i'll see what i can accomplish here shortly.

There was a small peice of wire brush stuck in the tire. I took the bike in to get tuned and the back tire moved to front and vice versa. shop guy pulled the peice out, i made it home then it went flat over night. so i pumped it up and road the bike to work, borrowed a car and got a new tube put it. that tube went flat right away so i'm guessing it was just a faulty tube for the 2nd flat. so i just need to get the tire back on so i can ride into town and get this 2nd leaking tube fixed.