Worst Super Bowl logo ever?

Seriously... how can one argue that this logo isn't one of the worst Super Bowl logos to ever come out?

Playstation 3

So I received a very generous gift from my sister over the weekend... a little something to thank me for some of the things I've done for her 2007. Said gift is a "Playstation 3".

Hella-stoked am I to have not only a great next gen system but I finally have something that has 1080p output for my HDTV.

Setup of the system was a snap. It was possibly the easiest of all the next gen systems - I have both an XBox360 and a Nintendo Wii for comparison.

The system needed to download a version-firmware update so a good portion of the evening was spent with the system being on and it downloading the v2.10 update.


Once the update was complete - I threw in Spiderman 3 into the player. I was really impressed by the color and clarity of the movie. I then threw in my copy of HOT FUZZ so that I could see what the DVD upsample was like.

Happy to report that the upsample worked really well. Which is great seeing how I plan to use the PS3 for my living room DVD/BlueRay player.

After doing some movie tests - I threw in my copy of Assassins Creed. I've only played it for 40 minutes so I don't want to weigh in on the game just yet. I'm very happy with it thus far tho'. more on that in the near future.

I'm now going to watch LSU route the Suckeyes from Ohio State.

The 2008 Dodege Charger (a.k.a. the car rental I'm stuck with)

Shortly after taking my car into a local collision shop for repairs... I had my sister pick me up and drive me over to an Enterprise Rental Car office she's working at.

One of the perks of having a family member work at Enterprise is getting a decent rate on a car rental which works out really well for me seeing how I only get a 25 dollar per diem.

Knowing that I would have to saddle into a car rental of some kind until I get Margot back - I hoped to slip into an interesting vehicle that I would consider for a future acquisition.

That bubble of interest came to a screeching halt after I was presented with my options.

• Dodge Charger
• Jeep Patriot
• Chevy Avero (i think it was called the Avero)

I asked my sister to set me up with something that had an Auxiliary input jack so that I could listen to my iPod.


The Charger met that criteria and whose kidding who... The Charger is totally the Green Hornet car.

Below are my thoughts on the Charger : I'll split it up into two parts - the Good and the Bad.

The Good

I'm not sure what the design team had in mind when they got around to molding the Charger but the car has an obvious "muscle car" - regressive - look to it.

If I didn't know better... I bet they surveyed 500 police officers and asked them what would their ideal patrol car would look like.

So without beating this topic to death... the car feels freakishly familiar when you get near it. It feels like I'm slipping into a hotweel car I owned as a kid. And that just about wraps up all the good parts.

Well... the car came equipped with an axillary input jack... but it's not very uncommon these days - given the popularity of the iPod and other MP3 players

The Bad

Despite having an aggressive exterior... the car feels freakishly underpowered. The car has far more pep than my Honda Civic, but you can't shake the feeling that there isn't enough ponies under the hood for the over stretched frame.


The car interior is uninspiring and cold to the touch. I haven't fired it up at night so perhaps the instrumentation panel looks better in the dark... I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that it going to suck wang in the dark too.

*Noises* - If there's one thing thats going to force me to return this car rental this weekend for something else - its going to be the freakish noises that emit from the steering column.


It sounds like a cassette is getting eating up at all times.

The car has a little under 8000 miles on it so I'm at a total loss as to why any noises are already coming out of it.



In summation... the Dodge Charger isn't for me.

600 Red Strokes

Ok... so a freaky quirk of mine is that I shake my leg a lot. I'm told that it stems from a "iron" deficiency... but I listen to plenty of Maiden so I don't know what they're talking about.

anyhoo, i managed to get a red pen marks all over my leg yesterday. Which doesn't sound like a big deal, but I must have had the pen stuck between my stomach and the desk, while I shook my leg. whats alarming is that I didn't feel 600 pen strokes on my thigh.


I went to the rest room and noticed in the mirror that something looked weird. upon closer inspection it looked like a kid drew an elaborate red cloud near my groin.



totally. whack.

even more whack - people at work saw it and didn't say anything till I freaked out. i apparently had it all morning.
Update:

I've been asked by some friends if I thought about the "blood brother" connection... and yes, I did but opted to not compare the two occurrences.

I have a menstrual story to share of my own but this isn't the time or the setting for it. I'm up for telling it however in person over a pint of beer.


PS - big ups on the inclusion of "House of Jealous Lovers" by the Rapture, in the movie Superbad.

Margot has her nose swiped

Long story short : I was involved in a small car accident this afternoon. Had the front of my car swiped by an oncoming driver...

Happy to report that no one was injured.

Below are some shots of Margot (mi carro)

2008

Show of hands. Anyone else enthused about 2007 ending?

Had an opportunity to enjoy two consecutive 4 day weekends in San Antonio. The first one was a little stressful on account of having my family down for an extended visit & the holiday madness.

Don't have much to share at the moment. I got pretty wankered last night and was very fortunate to not wake up with a terrible hangover.

2008 looks to be a good year.