Eminem

As some may know, I've been an Eminem fan for a while now. Misogyny and homophobia aside, he has written and produced some phenominal music--especially on The Eminem Show. He has a new video out, which is just amazing, in my opinion. He has positioned himself remarkably well over the past several years to put himself in a place to influence a lot of people, and he does a great job of using that in this video. I have a lot of respect for this man, and what he does. View. Listen. Discuss.

If interested here is another video I am fond of.

Of course, since this is Eminem, you may not want to play this at the ol' family reunion, or at Bible School. :)

I Got a New Car

I bought a new car this weekend -- a 2004 White Honda S2000 with tan interior. I've already managed to put a couple hundred miles on it in two days.

Without further adieu, here are pictures:
pictures have been removed - Feb. '05

Notice the big grin on my face. :)

How many people know somebody who turned 24 today?

Answer: all of you :)

And to make this post interesting, here's what happened on my birthday, 45 years ago:

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring the brilliant rocket designer Wernher von Braun and his team from the U.S. Army to the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Von Braun, the mastermind of the U.S. space program, had developed the lethal V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany during World War II.

I rocket.