I mentioned we went on a trip recently, Michelle put up some more pictures of our trip and a bit more detail. Check it out if you're interested.

Ever since we got the custom license plate DB COOP for our Mini Cooper (get it? All right, I'm amazed how many people don't know who D.B. Cooper is) I've been waiting for this day.

Today, for the first time, someone pulled up behind me and I saw the passenger break out into a smile, point to our car and say something to the driver.

Finally! Our custom license plate made someone laugh!

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One of the things we did when we went to the Salish Lodge was to head to the Snoqualmie Casino and see The Flying Karamazov Brothers. For those not familiar, they're a juggling and comedy act. Well, I should say, they're a comedy act that sometimes juggles.

It was rather disappointing for me. I remember seeing them when I was a kid and being amazed at their talent. They did one number that involved juggling onto a large keyboard to make music. It was the coolest thing I had ever seen. Now they mostly just do their comedy sketches and some light juggling. They did one or two juggling acts I remember as a kid, but nothing nearly as impressive as what I recalled. What little juggling they did involved too much unplanned dropping, and the comedy wasn't my cup of tea any more.

Ah well, I guess it's just bet to let some childhood memories just remain memories.

I'll try to get more up in the coming days, but for those of you that want to see, here are some pictures of our trip to the Snoqualmie Falls.

I'm sure you've heard the news about Microsoft's layoffs. Well, one of the victims seems to have been the entire Flight Simulator team.

Sadly, this would also mean there won't be a Microsoft Train Simulator 2. That's just wrong. Of course, I was probably one of the few people looking forward to it.

I wish the best to those hit by this.

I see that Germany is banning a drug called "Spice", and I immediately wonder what the navigators have to say about it.

Don't worry; I know you didn't get what I'm talking about. I'm just deep into Dune right now, working my way through all of Brian Herbert's books.

Go, check it out! It's a fun puzzle game, I know I've been addicted to it for a while now.

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