The T3sk3y Defenestrator

A few months ago – a wave of “Dance Dance Revolution” frenzy hit the t3sk3y compound when we got it on the Dreamcast. Dance Dance Revolution, or DDR, is an electronic version of the Hokey Pokey that makes you step on a lighted pad in time with the music. If you follow it accurately, you perform a dance step. Heather and Jacqie dove in really hard, and after several multi-hour sessions – they mastered the easiest half of the dance routines and got scores in the millions. Being big and clumsy – I quickly relinquished the crown to my wife.

As it turns out – we are all just pretenders to the throne. You aren’t really the king until you can do DDR at the hardest level – while juggling three clubs. Here’s a link to the video – WMV9 required. Hail to the king!

DDR King

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Running a blog isn’t all about the bully pulpit – sometimes you get a chance to do some good. As my public service, I need to get this vital bit of information out to the world in the hope that it will save some lives. Having seen several scenarios where this unfortunate event occurs, I can’t overemphasize how important this information is.

Please take a few minutes to study it and commit it to memory. Print out a copy, and post it in a place that is easily located. Finally, please pass it on to friends and family so that they may be prepared.

How to Survive a Zombie Attack

edit: Special thanks to anderiv for this one. I’ll share a zombie bunker with you anytime, bud..

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Today’s stupid graphic filter is: Solarize! It’s a great bedhead too – the filter makes it look even scarier than it was. See all pictures at: 30 Days of Bedhead

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Well, I don’t know how else to say it – my butt hurts. Well, it would hurt if I didn’t come from a long (but proud) line of buttless people. That’s probably why it hurts – more padding would be beneficial. To be fair, my legs and shoulders hurt too.

Why Mark – Why do those things hurt?

Heather and I decided to bike from the T3sk3y compound in Chaska all the way to Erik’s Bike Shop in Minnetonka this afternoon. Heather had her Triathalon training course there at 5:30, and I decided to escort her. It was a great ride – it was a really beautiful spring day! I’m just not quite to 30 miles yet – especially not 30 miles at high speed trying to keep from being late on the ride in, trying to beat the darkness on the way home.

Update – later Sunday night
Okay – I get it now – I measured it on a map, and it turned out to be 40 miles – not 30. Gotta love that extra 10…

The rest of the weekend was just as fun. Heather and I had a quiet Friday at the compound that started with a bike ride and ended with Chicken Marsala and some lounging.

We mostly went our separate ways on Saturday – Heather went to help her friend Amy with a wedding dress fitting while I did many ultra-critical tasks around the compound. You know, tweak the pinball machine, play Dreamcast, edit some video, wait for the Room & Board delivery, etc.

Saturday night, I played board games with Wilken and Sheardo while Iron Chef New Hope (Heidi) made awesome Scotcheroos and gave us a whoopin’ at Citadels. Full details appear (below) with the Formula De stories. By the way – *giggle* – the Scotcheroos tasted just like my mother used to make *giggle*.

Okay, if you never watched the Iron Chef, that wasn’t funny.

If you really want to play along, here’s a complete set of IRON CHEF ICONS! Yes, you too can make your “My Computer” icon into Chairman Takeshi Kaga

Obviously time for bed..

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It’s “Bad Filter” week at the Defenestrator. Every picture this week is going to be using some sort of crazy photo filter to make things look even more deranged. Today, it’s “Smudge” See all pictures at: 30 Days of Bedhead

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The second race of the 2005 Formula Dé circuit took place only a short time after the exciting race at Zandevoort. The teams traveled to the Principality of Monaco and prepared to race under ideal conditions.

The pole position was held by Jonesy of Team BlueStreak, followed by the two cars from Team America (F’ck YEAH!), The first car for Team India (formerly known as Rothman’s Honda) driven by Sunshine, the second BlueStreak car. Bringing up the rear was the 2nd Team India car driven by Flash.

In the third corner, commanding positions were held by Jonesey, Lance Fontaine and Coleman. With blatant disregard for his expensive machine, Sunshine threw his car into a tight spot between Lance and Jonesey. Sunshine’s reactions were a little too slow and his car impacted Lance’s in the turn. Both cars were thrown into the wall by the force of the impact resulting in the destruction of both cars and their subsequent eliminations.

The remaining four cars held their positions until the famed ‘S’ de la Piscene corner. Team America (F’ck YEAH!)’s remaining driver, Coleman, plowed into the corner in 5th gear executing a perfect two stop turn. This vaulted him ahead of Flash and Dougie. A burst of speed by Dougie allowed him to overtake Coleman in the last few squares of the race, giving Team BlueStreak the top two spots on the winner’s podium.

Final standings standings – Race 2 – Monaco

Team Standings – After Round 2

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The first two stops on the 2005 Formula Dé circuit took place on Saturday evening. After a short introduction to the rules – and some Triple Kung Pao – the green flag was waved on the inaugural races for the series.

The first race of the series took place on the famed Zandevoort course in the Netherlands. Pole position was taken by the number one car on the Rothman’s Honda team driven by Sunshine. Sunshine took off to an early lead, dogged around the first three turns by Coleman and Lance Fontaine from Team America (F’ck YEAH!). Bringing up the back half of the pack were both cars from team BlueStreak driven by Dougie and Jonesey. Last out of the gate was the number two Rothman’s car driven by Flash.

By turn three, Team America (F’ck YEAH!) managed to hold down the one and two spots followed closely by Sunshine. By this point, the leaders were a solid 30 squares ahead of the remainder of the pack.

On the last turn before the final straightaway, Sunshine executed a perfect turn in fifth gear and was able to finish the race with a 25 square lead. Dougie from Team BlueStreak was able to squeeze by both drivers from Team America (F’ck YEAH!) for second place as Coleman and Lance were stuck in 4th gear in the final straightaway.

Final standings standings – Race 1 – Zandevoort

Team Standings – After Round 1

FYI: Formula Dé is a Formula 1 racing simulation board game. For more information, see:
Funagain Games
BoardGameGeek

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I’m personally very happy that there is no tax on bedhead. I’d be in the top bracket! See all pictures at: 30 Days of Bedhead

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Happy Tax Day everyone – just think, you only have to work another 6 weeks until you have paid off your yearly tax burden. Tax freedom day in 2005 isn’t until May 31st. So that you can track it for next year:

Tax Freedom Day

I’ve promised myself that I won’t rant about politics on here, so I’ll let somebody else do it, The Great Communicator:

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

The taxpayer – that’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!

Are you entitled to the fruits of your labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?

I just wanted to speak to you about something from the Internal Revenue Code. It is the last sentence of section 509A of the code and it reads: ‘For purposes of paragraph 3, an organization described in paragraph 2 shall be deemed to include an organization described in section 501C-4, 5, or 6, which would be described in paragraph 2 if it were an organization described in section 501C-3.’ And that’s just one sentence out of those fifty-seven feet of books.

If those aren’t enough for you – there’s some other people weighing in right here: Tax Quotes

Crap.. I think I just earned an audit..

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I’m officially starting to make sacrifices for art – namely, my hairdo. I’m getting to the point where I could probably use a little haircut – but I’m not going to do it! More hair = better bedhead. Yay! See all pictures at: 30 Days of Bedhead

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