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Apparently there is either a very strong solar flare or a nuclear device has been detonated near my house. My wireless webcam seems to be having trouble transmitting to my server. It definitely makes for some interesting captures, but isn't very effective at surveillance.

For the last three weeks I've been using biodegradable garbage bags for my household trash. My previous Glad trash bags were not biodegradable and I felt that was an awful lot of plastic to add to the landfills. As a religious recycler, I try to reduce the amount of landfill I contribute whenever possible, and since biodegradeable bags disentegrate instead of permanently taking up space it's an easy choice. I had initial concerns that the bag would biodegrade before the week long garbage pickup cycle, but after three trial runs I'm quite confident in the bags strength. Since the trial run was a success, I'm buying 3 rolls and suggest everyone else do the same. Then you too can call yourself a hippie.

This weekend I attended the Sno*Drift Rally in Atlanta, Michigan. This was the third year in a row I've been to the event, which is always equally cold and fun. We decided to stay at a bed and breakfast that was close to the rally, forgoing the traditional Mio Motel which we stayed at the previous two years. The first stage would prove to be the most interesting stage, where a car got stuck in a ditch. The rest of the rally involved the typical ice sheet turns which made stopping virtually impossible, but spectating quite entertaining. Another successful rally edventure.

The second and final weekend of the LAN party was tonight. We started off with a quick game of NFS:U, followed by a few games of Starcraft. After everyone got sick of that, we played some Postal 2 before Scott introduced us all to Rise of Nations, a much more involved Real-time Strategy Game that was overwhelming for us simple Starcraft fans. By the time everyone left it was ten below zero, unbelievably cold even by Michigan standards.

While out driving with Stavos I happened upon the White Castle Area Office. While most people think of food, we decided to take advantage of the recent snowfall and have some fun with my rear-wheel drive S-10. We started off with an easy slide and moved up to a spin stop. Since no police had yet arrived, we decided to get serious. A figure eight followed by a full 360 got us warmed up for a good drift and finally, the perfect drift. Who knew White Castle could be so fun?

As you may have heard, NASA has had trouble getting the Spirit rover on Mars to send back data. Well it appears the jig is up and they are getting it back under control, so I think it's time for me to come clean. A few days ago I hacked into the rovers system and re-tasked it to explore the heat shield impact area. I have great faith in NASA, and it's clearly my favorite organization on the planet, but every joe blow knows an impact like the heat shield will throw up some serious debris. Why bother digging for alien fossils when you can just pick them out of the dust from the impact? After re-tasking and successfully exploring the impact zone (with mixed results) I had a hard time over-riding the commands from NASA and eventually shut down the rover to protect it from possible software corruption. The news media took this excursion of mine as a failure on the part of NASA, which is not surprising since the media is ignorant of everything not related to J-Lo. As a result, I've decided to let NASA do the driving from now on while I compile the results from my short jaunt across Mars. The rover will soon power back on and everything will be hunky dory again. J-Lo be damned.

Either Butt's recent strike is over as of 1:30pm today, or somebody really liked his picket sign. Whatever the case, my policy of non-negotiation has prevailed.

Internet Menace: listen you! You're mine and steve has no right touching you! we have the space program and you like it more than cars!

Tonight, despite the snow, five friends of mine came over for a LAN gaming party. Our game choices progressed from Counter Strike to NFS Underground to Postal2 and finally back to Counter Strike after a failed GTA Vice City multi player attempt. The body gas expulsion level was high, signalling a successful meeting of geeks. Part 2 begins in one week.

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