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i have been to the open house, now i am following the PML to mars. at least my name will be. i did this for the uber rovers (that thankfully keep going, and going, and going), now for the Pheonix Mars Lander also. that is enter my name so that it can be recorded on a dvd that accompanies the lander on its long journey to mars. you can too, by going to the planetary society's website. act now.... :) i am too lazy to post the link, so if you want your name to go to mars, you will have to do some work :P i believe the deadline is in feb, unless they fill up by then.

trivia: what is the largest city in the USA to have a one syllable name?

so far, november is off to an awesome start. friday i changed my own brakes pads. i can't drive a stick, but i now can replace my own brake pads! it feels sweet to be able to do something like that to your own vehicle! it is actually pretty simple (at least on a jeep) to do. but how many actually can / know how to do it? add me to that list now :)

i did a whole bunch o' errands before that. afterwards, i went with my buddy sean's place, then to his freinds house in scottsdale. stafford and keri, u 2 rock! from there, we went to the venue in scottsdale where we saw robert randolph and the family band play. the band was sweet, and we all had a blast!

yesterday i went hiking to picacho peak. it was my first time there. for glenn jr's wife amber, it was her first time hiking, ever. it was a tuffy for newbies. 4.0 miles roundtrip, 1300 ft elevation change. and near the summit, you practically are rock climbing. she did awesome, as well as the two other rooks we had go with us. we all had a blast! sometime this week i hopefully will put up a few of the many pics in my hiking blog.

today was the most subtlely weird day, ever. nothing 'major' happened, it just seemed so weird. all day. was hoping to do a bisonwiches / o'malleys jaunt tonight, but my buddy ( james) elected to work on his new place instead. can't blame him for that.

trivia answer: flint, michigan
i actaully learned this from alice cooper.
rockers, what aren't they good for!