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      Halo?

      April 6th, 2006 by mike d. in Features

      Halo?

      So I had a revelation yesterday while on the plane. Prepare yourself for dorkiness. Seriously. Sit down. The level of Dork may weaken your knees.

      Life is kind of like playing the video game Halo. We’re all running around having fun, but we’re playing at different levels. Some people are playing Easy. And yes, they’re having a lot of fun, but do those folks get through “assault on the control tower” with as much glory and grandeur as those persons who play through those levels on Heroic or Legendary? I think not.

      Where is all this going? well. Whenever I feel I need a little motivation, I think “I’m playing Legendary!” and then I totally rock hard for at least another 10 minutes before giving up.

      That’s right.

      Just earlier today I went for a run, and I was going to turn around, but then said to myself. NO! I want to play legendary. and I ran for another two minutes!

      Granted… adding two minutes probably only upgrades me to Heroic… or maybe Normal. But anyway, it’s the thought that counts.

      Authored by: mike d.

      SKYLINES!

      April 6th, 2006 by mike d. in Quickthoughts

      get your skylines in now! I hope to have the game up by next monday!

      get your skylines in now! I hope to have the game up by next monday!

      Authored by: mike d.

      Woo!

      April 6th, 2006 by mike d. in climbing, PaintBrush!

      currently eating: peanuts and raisins

      One day and two states later, I’m back! I had planned on returning Tuesday, but the company asked me to make a quick stop over in Tulsa, Oklahoma so I ended up being a little delayed.

      I had never been to Oklahoma, and let me tell you. It is just as flat as I had imagined. I did see cows, and bales of hay. But most importantly, I was able to check off another state on my “states I’ve been to list”

      I figured it’s well enough time that I make said list graphical, so here it is!

      I kept this one as a Bitmap so that if you have the same desire, you can just copy it into MSPaint and change the colors to match your destinations. I’m proud to say that Oklahoma put me at the 20 21* state mark.

      Little contest: check off your own states and see if you can beat me. The person with the greatest state count** will get a day of mikedidonato.com accolades.

      Game on!

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      **LAYOVERS do not count. You must have left the airport to consider it a yellow state

      Authored by: mike d.
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