So we ripped out a few bushes in our yard about a month ago, and we've been meaning to clean up the gaping wounds that left behind.

Neither of us likes the landscaping in our yard from the previous owners, so we decided to just say screw it and put sod down over the area. After some reading on the internet, I came to the conclusion this meant tilling. I tried to do some of it by hand using a garden claw, but with the high clay content in the soil and the roots from the old bushes...that wasn't happening very well.

So smart me decided to rent a rototiller. A 5hp gas one was only 12 bucks an hour to rent, sounds cheap and easy right?

My back still hurts....that thing is a farking monster. Of course it could be because of the high root content, or the fact that I was tilling an oddly shaped little area on both sides of the driveway, but damn it was a lot of work. It took everything I had to hold that thing back from just tearing into the lawn like a fat kid at a buffet.

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I'm sure due to all the wedding stuff I'm sure, we've started getting calls from PRO HEALTH ULTR (616) 301-8608 saying we've won a fabulous honeymoon vacation, and all we need to do to redeem it is call an 800 number.

Now, I'm a suspicious person by nature, but I'm sure of a few things:
1. If we had really won something, any notification would have come certified mail
2. An 800 number? Who needs that for an individual winner?

So a little googling and it turns out this is a high pressure cookware selling scam. They get around the no call list by leaving an 800 number for you, and by claming you've won something. Which by the way you'll only get if you attend one of their seminars where they'll pretty much do anything to make you buy a shitload of overpriced crap. Lovely....just lovely.

- Talking cats. Kinda creepy really...I can imagine waking up in the middle of the night hearing this and pooping myself.

- The Dell De-crapifier. I've done this alot manually on new dell's for friends. Usually takes me a few hours, so this is pretty cool sounding to me.