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Unable to decide the color of my new Focus ST, I decided to hand over responsibility to the Facesbook. Relieved of my 1st world problem, I checked back in a few days to discover semen white was the overwhelming choice. While not a big fan of white, it was probably the best choice given the options availble. The yellow and red will get me tickets, 13 years of silver eliminates that, the blue looks as purple as my truck and black is scratch fever. That leaves white, which is apparently what I'm getting. I'm sure I won't even remember the outside color once I can finally drive one.

I can't stand Instagram. It's an app that applies various filters to your photos and then uploads them to Facebook with the filters PERMANENTLY applied. Anyone who does a Facebook dive into their past that doesn't back up original photos will be wishing they had the unfiltered photos instead of the fad-craze version as the only copy. Fortunately, I found this article which makes all the sarcastic insults for me and saves me some effort writing this. Oh yeah, APRIL FOOLS, but for real Instagram sucks.

Having skipped over the Game Room games for Xbox LIVE on Windows Phone initially due to my moderate enthusiasm for vintage games, I took another look when rumors of how easy the cheevos were for them reached me. I was surprised to find the same 3 location based achievements on each of the 3 games. Fascinated I could up my achievement score simply by playing a game in a moving vehicle caused me to immediately buy all 3. With the help of carpool driver TomTom, I get pretty much all of them in one 28 mile drive home from work. As usual, the high from a recent cheevo earn quickly dissipated and I had to supplement it with some Mass Effect unlocks, but I can now say a full 180 of my cheevo score is thanks to playing a game in a moving car.

It is with a heavy heart I list my trusty Ranger on Autotrader. We've been through alot since our first meeting; including a prototype sound system upgrade courtesy Excelcier, getting hitched, answering pressing questions, and various adventures including several 4x4 snow drifting events. My trusty friends 2 seat limit and Lisa forbidding Lila from even sitting in it have made it the prime candidate for vacating the future home of my Focus ST. Hopefully your future owner treats you better than I did, which shouldn't be too hard.

With the successful funding of the Detroit Robocop Statue I decided it was time to jump on board and equip my motorcycle with the OCP logo. I expect it will strike fear into the various drug lords and homeless derelicts I pass on my daily commute to the future home of Omni Consumer Products. I know Robocop now watches over me during my enjoyment of urban decay worse than could have been imagined even in 1987.

With my unwilling participation in Mass Effect 3 due to peer pressure (the cheevo per hour rating was unacceptably low on ME1 and ME2), I've found the CPH to be surprisingly favorable. Add in the new co-op multiplayer and I can give the game a quality rating. Lastnight team awesomesauce was in full effect and I'm well on my way to the "Veteran" achievement of killing 5000 "things" or roughly the population of Glendive, Montana

Having installed a Motorola Signal Booster several years ago to help with my analog cable, I subsequently sold it when I switched to OTA HD. Now that I'm back on cable, I noticed my signal was a bit low when compared to the recommended levels. After cutting into my wall in an attempt to route a shorter cable I gave up and ordered the very same booster once again with great success. The signal shot up 14.4 dBmV with the signal to noise also improving. I'm now well within the recommended signal strength and more importantly I've got a booster sucking power 24/7 to make up for crappy Brighthouse.

After a week of limbo at a previous transmission shop, I got tired of waiting and brought it to one that was actually interested in fixing my car. They even saved the bolt that smashed through my transmission as a memento, which will henceforth be known as "the $800 bolt." I also managed to slip the keyed shift tower in during the rebuild which should handily outlast the car itself. The transmission shop informed me the bolt was designed to shear as colission testing found the test dummy would get hung up on the shifter, so the $800 bolt is in my posession now thanks to this safety feature.

Over 3 years ago I completed Forza 3 and today I've pulled a hat trick with Forza 4. I was the 303'd gamer to complete it out of 24,533 people who played it on True Achievements. What's amusing is my statement from the previous game that I'd sworn off working toward these kind of grind achievements. This time around took a solid 4 weeks of background driving at work, so if the next iteration follows that will be 2 months of grind. I'll swear it off now but clearly I don't have a good track record with predictions involving my sick addiction.

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