Yes I know I haven’t posted in a while, thats because I’ve been busy with other things…. like getting my motorcycle ready for the season!!!

So far I’ve:  Changed the Sparkplugs and Oil/Filter.

Added a new gauge cluster. 

Installed a new set of sprockets and a new gold chain.

Hopefully I get some nice weather here pretty soon… I’m seriously jonesing for a ride!!!

Pics for the curious: 

I remember when World of Warcraft, more commonly known as WoW, first came out.  I resisted the call of my nerdy peers to partake in the MMORPG.  I knew the probability of addiction was too high to risk.  So I avoided it, and justified that I wasn’t willing to pay to own a game, as well as play it.  Then the first expansion came out, the gaming audience grew ever further as word of mouth spread and people go their friends in on the addiction.  Still, I avoided the call.

Then I got a roommate that plays.  It seemed that no matter where I turned there was WoW.  People at work raving over the game, then at home it was the same thing.  I couldn’t get away from the subculture of the WoW gamer.  The temptation grew.

I screwed up by allowing myself to be talked into trying a “free server”.  I assumed that the novelty would wear off quickly, after all how many quests can you really do before you just get bored?  The server was glitchy and problematic so I stepped away for a little while.  The seed had been planted.

A few weeks later I finally folded.  I bought the combined Chest of WoW and the Burning Crusades expansion.  From that fatal moment I became invested.  So I did the refer-a-friend program, linked my account to my roommate’s and am enjoy triple… let that sink in for a moment… yes TRIPLE xp while leveling to 60.  OMFG I’m so hooked.  We play constantly, I’ve learned all the little sub-cultural references and am a bubble-whore priest.  You can search my toon on the WoW armory, level 64 she’s a Holy Specced Priest for Enigma.

For the others out there, wondering is it worth it?  Is it worth the investment of time, money, and social life?  F*ck yes!! Dude I am pwnin the noobs with the uberl33t hax with the wtf omg ftw…. roflmao.

For the Alliance!

I love it when people say: Wow it was so warm out yesterday and today it’s 30 degrees cooler!  I bet everyone gets sick!

Well in reality, the weather has NOTHING to do with whether you get sick or not.  Yes our mothers and grandmothers always told us to wear a hat and coat in the cold weather to keep from catching a cold, but technically, it doesn’t really help that much.

Germs, i.e. bacteria and virus are what get you sick, fungi as well believe it or not.

Why do people seem to get sick in the colder months? Because our immune system is over-stressed and can be caught off guard, thus allowing germs to take root in our bodies. 

What is the easiest way to combat these baddies?  WASHING YOUR HANDS OFTEN AND THOROUGHLY.  I can’t say this enough, the amount of times I see some dude/kid walk away from a urinal or out of a stall in  a public men’s room only to check their hair in the mirror and REACH FOR THE DOOR HANDLE on the way out without even rinsing their hands.  That’s right, these guys go from holding their man meat, right to grabbing the door handle and out they go.

Disgusting isn’t it?  Yeah this is why I have never touched the handle of a door in a men’s room in my adult life.  I use either a paper towel or sometimes my shirt if no paper towels are available (stupid electric hand dryers).

I keep a bottle of hand sanitizer in my car and in my office at work, I make sure not to touch my face or put my fingers in my mouth for any reason (unless washing my hands first).

I bet your probably thinking:  ”This guy is pretty anal about this whole germ thing!”

Well you are right, I am… I missed 2 days from work last week due to a bad chest/head cold, and I have no idea how I got it, noone else in the household was sick, just me so I probably got something from either the public or from work (where half the guys dont wash their hands after pissing).

Do us all a favor, wash your hands several times a day, cover your mouth when you cough/sneeze and if you are sick, DON’T COME TO WORK!