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The waster this week is a bit light on content and creativity. We're heading out on vaca in about 12 hours. I took the day off of work today to work on a big project for school (it's my final exam, actually) and to get the truck + trailer prepped for the trip.

Today is the last day of school for the kids, so they'll be all wired up on sugar from their end-of-year parties. After school, they're all going out to other ice-cream parties. When they finally get here, we're going to another ice-cream party. They're already on my nerves, and they're not even home yet.

We're trying to end the evening rather early, so we can get on the road way before the butt-crack of dawn. We're spending a couple days down in NC visiting with family, followed by another couple days running around the state shopping for land.

The long-term goal is to buy a big piece of property down there. BIG. Someplace we can build our next house on, along with a monster garage and a couple little guest-bungalows. Someplace where I can mow the lawn nekkid without having the neighbors call the cops again.

In a few years, all the kids will be off to college. We're packing the wagons and getting outta Dodge. Since the lottery-faerie has failed me so far, we still need to be close enough to civilization to hold down a job. So the location can't be too far out in BFE.

We've done a decent amount of shopping online, but it's hard to tell exactly what you're looking at. I've never seen 134 acres in real-life before. I'm actually pretty excited about the whole trip. This is the first time that we'll actually see what "mud bog", "scrub pine" and "swampland" looks like. I hope it's just as lovely as it sounds.

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More of a puzzle, or a bar challenge, but this movie game still has the potential to jam up a bit of your afternoon.

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"Fat Slice" sounds like something you get while beer-goggling, but it's actually a pretty cool waster.

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Matt's first submission is a tasty one! Mmmmmmm, salami!

Megan Fox reminds me yet again why she's top shelf.

How James spent his summer vacation:


Tim just had his first baby, but he already understands this whole parenting thing.

Served, and deserved. Dumbass.


Todd gets bonus points for tripping out my freakin' mind. Video embedded below, but there's more techno-art-geek info here.


I tried to think of something cute to say about this vid, but I couldn't even come close. Enjoy the silliness:


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