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If you didn't know, my Focus got wiped out by a drunk a couple of weeks ago while it was parked in front of my house. Dented up the right front quarter pretty good and shredded the tire. I tried to get the tire to come off, but to no avail. The impact apparently jammed the wheel on too tight to pull off. No biggie.

...That is until Monday afternoon. Driving the Durango home from work (the gas is killing me), it started overheating. OMFG. I pull over and let it cool down and then limp back to Worcester. I bring it to Phil's Auto on Tuesday morning and then try to rush to get the Focus fixed ASAP as I have no vehicle. It gets towed ($50) to Mass Tire on Chandler St. where I get a new tire. OK sure no problem. I go over to pick it up thinking that I'm all set, when the guy at Mass Tire says to me: "oh yeah by the way, your brakes are grinding."

Sure enough, the front rotors are grinding like mad. Oh and the steering is completely screwed up from getting hit. Undriveable. Then Phil calls to tell me that the engine block is leaking coolant in the Durango. So's a hose. And the power steering pump is toast.

As Dave Kimball would say: that's splash two vehicles. I'm riding around in my father-in-law's Chevy Cavalier right now.
Can I buy some luck?

OK, so that makes it what? (89...carry the one...) 16? 17?

Holy Jeebus. HBD bud.

The funniest episode happened at home last night. After pretty much an all day Call of Duty 2 session on the old XBOX 360, I fired up the George Foreman grill to make the kids some burgers. Zoe and Liam loved them, but Phoenix refused to eat a bite; claiming that it was "gross because it isn't greasy enough." Sorry for not being Ray Kroc here, kid. So when she wouldn't eat any of the burger I told her the repercussions of said lack of eating would be a visit from the king of the fat-drips-away grill himself, George Foreman. George would then promptly kick her ass.

The little ones thought that this was the funniest thing they ever heard, until Liam leaned into me and asked (and I quote): "Is George Foreman going to come and punch me and Zoe in the face?"

Well, after I explained that Mr. Foreman would NOT be coming to assault small children, I was sparked with an idea: how about we actually call George himself? Acting quickly, I called Chris who does a damn good Mr. T impression which I was convinced would be close enough to G.F. to be convincing. Well, my bro put on a show. I was confused there for a second thinking I was talking to the heavyweight champ himself.

Needless to say, the kids fell for it, hook-line-and sinker. As soon as Phoe wasn't paying attention. He quickly told George: "My sister's name is Phoenix, come quick to my house and punch her in the face!". HAHA.

Happy birthday/father's day to me. I was presented last night with a fantastic gift: an XBOX 360! Go Scoomey, it's your birthday...

Anyhow, there's a funny story behind how I ended up having it given to me last night. I picked up Tina and the kids from the mall on my way home from work. Tina puts a bunch of stuff in the back to the Durango. The kids pile in. Liam immediately informs me that "there's no XBOX 360's in here."

Apparently Tina tried to coach Liam on not telling me and ruining the surprise. A lesson most definitely not learned by the little guy because he was more excited than anyone. So as we're driving Phoenix and Zoe are doing their best to keep him from telling me outright and did a good job at it. Until we got home that is.

The second he got me alone in my office, he looked around the room to make sure nobody was around, leaned in really close and said "We got you an XBOX 360". I was like "Oh no, you shouldn't have told me, it ruined the surprise!"

Liam's quick witted response was to throw his hands up and say "Surprise! We got you an XBOX 360!"

Happy birthday too to Tim Berners-Lee. It's pretty cool that I share a birthday with the guy who invented the World Wide Web. With that in mind I have dug up the first web page ever created (on a NeXT Cube no less). Here it is. Enjoy.

Happy birthday, man.