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Less than a month after my
prediction, it would appear the saga of the gay neighbors has finally come to a close. This morning Robbie alerted me he was awoken by breaking glass and that the "head of the court" was in process of clearing out their house. After being told it was “none of his concern” Robbie promptly became belligerent, then reasonable and eventually learned they found drugs and completely trashed the inside of the house. I came home to find an eviction notice on their door with the house completely empty. You can watch the unfolding drama on the
GnomeCam and hope with me that a really cool neighbor will buy the house.
When you own an 11 year old car and the forecast calls for rain, driving 2 hours to a campsite just seems right. Strangely enough, 9 other owners of 11 year old cars came to the same conclusion; so we decided to mix some alcohol and shenanigans to
complement our madness. After surviving a crazed cokehead and violating every object we could find in the vicinity, we enjoyed a final night of constant rain to bid us farewell.
After the
Senator and I built a golf ladder game, followed by my attempt at a cornhole game it was only logical to have a BBQ to christen them properly. The Schwartz's
volunteered to beta test them at the first BBQ followed by beta testing of another unnamed product. Having acquired no casualties from the first event, a
second BBQ was held, this time with more participants (and better weather). Featuring a sacrificial Mountain Dew fortress and TomTom motorcycle tricks, this BBQ was also followed by an unnamed product beta test. As a legal notice, this is not technically a blog since nobody reads it.
My attempt to enjoy a beach before the end of summer was
partially successful.
My definition of a true beach is a body of water so large you can't see the opposite shore, which Michigan is able to provide with a thick layer of mud for the shoreline. I hope Joseph knows how truly spoiled he is and takes advantage of that beautiful sandy ocean beach every chance he gets. On a related note, we saw a tree with
huge balls.
After Lisa heard about
Meijer gardens from a co-worker, our post-wedding destination was set. While I'm still not sure why the place exists, it was sufficiently entertaining to fill 2 hours. I made sure the proper number of inappropriate poses were made, drawing disapproving looks from fellow garden-goers, making the experience all the more enjoyable. If you get your kicks from various plants and blown glass this is the place to visit.
After 7 years of dating her new husband, my sister finally decided to settle down and get hitched, much to the disappointment of several of my high school friends. 7 years is a long time unless you compare to Whineyhos 12 year odyssey, then it seems pretty quick. The wedding was the largest I've ever stood up in, with 8 people on each side for a total of 16 in the unconditioned party bus. The reception was at the Grand Rapids public museum, which meant drunken carousel rides were possible. I'm proud to say I survived 3 of them without regurgitation. Now let the inappropriate comments begin!
It would appear that today could be a day for celebration in my neighborhood. The homosexual pedophiles that have lived in the house across the street from me may finally have run out of money and are being evicted. After wrecking the obnoxiously loud fox body Mustang, motorcycle, Taurus and Buick, and after DirecTV repossessed their dish they were left without transportation or entertainment resulting in 24/7 porch smoking. At least I'll have their
hilarious antics to remember them by. I can only hope they'll both be gone, but even if just one leaves I'll be immensely happier.
Meandering through my neighborhood, I happened upon an angry insect (most likely a bee) who decided to sting me in a most ferocious manner. Little did I know at the time, that sting would result in a
foot of enormous proportions. I'm now familiar with what the size of my foot would be should I happen to weigh 400lbs in the future.
UPDATE: the perpetrator has been
found!
The
PS/2 project has officially back
fired, as the 7,200 RPM system drive produces a significantly higher amount of heat than the 3,600 RPM drives the case was designed for. With the drive regularly running 150+ degrees, it finally succumbed and caused a controller error that shut down the server the entire day yesterday, fortunately only
Stavos noticed. I've since moved the drive to a more open area of the case with a dedicated fan. The now 80 degree temperature seems to be stable.
After 15 long years of waiting, Starcraft 2 has
finally released. While the beta provided some temporary titillation, the
final ranking ladders give me a sense of purpose, and permanence. Having lost 4/5 of my placement matches, I was immediately placed in the "loser" league also know as bronze, while
Stavos gained entry into the "winner" league, also known as silver. My finely tuned strategy involving the
viking which was developed over the course of the
beta was quickly rendered useless, forcing me to fall back to the ever popular
MMM technique. While my dreams of being a Korean Starcraft superstar have been crushed, the co-op vs. AI is still my favorite, and gives me enough satisfaction to neglect my life-purpose Xbox.
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