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After a screening of
Fanboys at
Excelciers house, it was time for the
Canadian exclusive beta of
1 vs 100 on Xbox. Why it's exclusive to Canada I'll never know, but my US Xbox LIVE account worked just fine on his Canadian Xbox for the "show," which was actually pretty fun, despite some hopefully beta phase issues such as dropouts and early endings. The show looks pretty slick, with hundreds of avatars (including yours) waving/booing/etc at the command of your Y button (hooray). The game randomly chooses "the one" who faces off against 100 randomly chosen "mob members" with the other players being assigned to the crowd. I can't be sure, but based on our consistent selection for "the crowd" I think the entire country only had one game to participate in, which meant of the 13,000+ people online only 101 got to compete for actual prizes. The game starts with a 3-choice trivia question that the one, the mob, and the crowd all answer simultaneously. "The one" can then answer or choose a "help" which consists of "trust the mob" - most popular answer, or "trust the brain" - answer from the mob member with most correct. Mob members that answer incorrectly are eliminated, but if "the one" answers wrong the mob splits the winnings among those that answered correctly. For every 10 mob members that drop out, the amount of xbox marketplace points up for grabs increases. The farthest we saw was 1 vs 3 which put the total at 5,800 points (about $50). "the one" can choose to take the money or the mob every 3 questions, which means leave with the cash or keep playing. The prizes must not have been real as the one almost always chose the mob, a route which consistently ended with the mob winning (even in the 1 vs 3 scenario). With 13,000 people playing, our odds of actually getting a
chance to win any prizes was 128 to one. I'm guessing in full blown release it'll be closer to 200 to one, which means it's a fun game to play but not if you expect to walk away with any prizes, but for the low price of free it will definitely be worth the download.
Feeling metallurgically inadequate after
Stavos' dad weld-converted my whimpy flat tongue hidden hitch into a full blown 2" receiver for my Cougar, I decided to
cut my bike rack insert shorter, which created lots of sparks and helped me feel useful again. The
end result was definitely unprofessional, but not nearly as bad as the
final result. Satisfied with the
overly complicated solution to transporting my mountain bike, I ran to tell Lisa, who was so excited she
raked up the front yard, again raising suspicion that she is a replicant. With Keith, Morlock, Stavos and now me on board for biking, it looks like an adventure is ripe to be planned.
After cutting in front of
Stavos, meeting
Nicholas Cage and
waiting another hour, I finally got to see the new
Star Trek movie. If you've heard anything about it you should have figured out time travel is involved, so when I say aliens go back in time and splinter the Star Trek universe into a new reality, you can't say I spoiled the movie for you. What you can do is forget all the other Star Trek movies because they NEVER HAPPENED! After you watch this movie you'll have to delete any copies and trash any DVDs of every Star Trek movie because THEY ARE ALL LIES! After you're done, start saving your money and cross your fingers the rebooted franchise will document this new reality as carefully as the last. If they meet the quality of the new movie I'll gladly hand over my money, but also keep hope a trade-in program becomes available.
After Keith
threw down the Windows 7 RC challenge, I had no excuse but to try it out on my main computer as well, despite
Stavos having fallen in love with it. Much like the iPhone, netbooks, and continuously variable transmissions he also favors, I was expecting the devil to consume my soul, but instead was titillated to discover a new Experience Index that
went beyond 5.9. A whole new era of nerd wars will soon be upon us, with 7.9 as the new cap (for whatever reason). Fortunately I have a secret method nobody else knows about to
cheat and win! As with Vista, not a single third party driver was required, leading me to believe the old days of Windows 2000 are finally behind us. The evil empire of Stavos did not achieve victory though, as I restored my trusty Vista backup shortly after the test drive.
EternalOne got a bottle of the new
throwback Mountain Dew today and poured me a sample (along with some of his swine flu). It's definately got a different taste which can best be described as a hint of vinegar, but not nearly as nasty as you would imagine that combination. Perhaps the years of corn syrup have me conditioned to it, but I still prefer the traditional
post-1984 formula. I'm also afraid to prefer the promotional sugar version based on how my love affair with Crystal Pepsi ended.
An initially planned group of 6 disc golfers turned into a dedicated group of 4 after Candy became sick which required Lisa to also become ill.
Pushing on despite being down two, the mud and downed trees could not stop the train bound for the 18th basket. A surprising lack of pot smoke and abundance of kids made me wonder if we were truly on a disc golf course, but the broken glass and beer caps kept me hopeful. The sun and exercise made for a delightful affair.
My last visit to a hazardous waste drop off was over
six years ago when I lived in the hazardous wasteland of Redford. Excited about the
Farmington Hills drop off today, I loaded the 30+ cans of paint the previous owner decided I would cherish forever into the back of my hungry car. Expecting each can to explode sequentially, soaking my trunk with what would most likely turn out a poop brown color, I very slowly made my way to the drop off. On arrival, I was told latex paint is not toxic, only managing to unload 10 of the 30 cans. The latex paint police then informed me I could just leave the lids off and throw them in my regular garbage after they dried out. The snobbery of Farmington Hills left me yearning for the "throw it in that bin" days of Redford, and my inability to recycle made for a sad hippie.
Let's take a moment and look back at the last time we had a swine flu panic. It was
March 24th, 1976 and a single confirmed death prompted a mandatory government vaccination program. 30+ people died from side effects of the vaccination prompted by that single death. People die from all kinds of flu without proper medical care, this one just has a catchy panic name to it. How about go to the doctor when you feel crappy and don't say "swine flu." If this is my last update, however, you'll know irony struck me down and it's time to put on your gas masks.
After several rumors and a few confirmed sightings, I decided it was time to take a trip to
Commerce and confirm the construction of a new Sonic. I'm happy to report it's in an
advanced stage of construction and will most definitely open this summer. The trip only took 15 minutes from my house vs. the 30-45 minutes for the Southgate location. That means less than 10 minutes from work, enabling me to fatten up significantly faster than was previously possible.
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