I have a case of the Monday's...

I was going to write something inspired using my personal experience and job experience.  I was going to cover the why's and how's of rotating your tires.  But I got 1 paragraph in and decided not to.  Honestly, for such a simple operation, there is quite a lot of information regarding the why aspect of it.  So I'll just say: Rotate your tires every 6000 miles and change your oil regularly.  Why?  Because you'll save money.  Its as simple as that.  I could quantify the cost of it all, but there is no point in putting a dollar value from a consumer standpoint on vehicular maintenance because most people dont care.  Lets just say that if you dont rotate your tires, your 50,000 mile rated set of tires will only last about 20,000 to 25,000 miles.  Yes there are exceptions, but most people arent that lucky.  The majority of people say 'Why cant stuff like that ever happen to me?'

So I tried to listen to the podcast, but I couldnt do it.  I'm sorry guys, I'm sure you worked your ass off, but I couldnt get into it.  I made it to about the 3 minute mark and shut it off.  I'll check out the next edition.

Misuse of the feedback system.

So in our clan forum the issue was brought about by an action by who other than Timmies.  One of our crew got suspended from XBL due to the feedback system being used against them.  It was because she...was a she and not a he.  Now just to make things clear, I think 'get back in the kitchen' jokes are as funny as the next guy.  I also fully recognize the fact that I've had my ass handed to me by a chick before also.

We as adults need to utilize the feedback system for ourselves and others.  Only recently have I gone through my friends list, clan list, recent players list and started leaving feedback.  I admit I should have been using it earlier.  It is there for everyones benefit.  There are threads where people bring up the issue of rep being douched by people who got totally slayed in a match.  A few people in my clan had the pleasure of playing with younger players who actually hung in there and played us, with themselves getting beat 4 out of 4 times.  I should have left good rep for them but they're off my recent players list now and alas I cant.

As things change, we should all utilize the rep system, not only to save our own, but to help weed out the bad ones.  Take the few minutes in the loading screen and rate your fellow players.  I'm not saying we should get all up in arms and get offended at trash talking.  It comes with the territory and we are ALL guilty of it.  If it gets out of hand, send a bad rate.  If someone talks trash at the beginning, gets beat, and says good game I feel that is a positive gaming experience overall.  As stated on the feedback section, you're more likely to encounter players you prefer than players you avoided.  This brings about good things for us as people who dont enjoy being called everything under the sun by a 12 year old. 

So please use the feedback system, you dont have to sit down and spend 20 minutes repping everyone.  Just take a minute or two here and there and soon you'll be searching high and low for people to leave rep for.

Grunts and Groans

I'm home sick so I've been playing COD4.  Is there anything better than shooting someone with the 203?  I'm starting to think not.  I think its better than stabbing.