greatbear | Making woohoo

Wired has a rather neat, one-page article regarding sexual orientation and the new game The Sims 2, as well as some other games. Good read.

In other news, I've had 6 Gmail invitations for a while. If anyone is interested, let me know.

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Apologies to

danthered, but Tecumseh carburetors, despite their beautiful simplicity, suck. I tried ordering a new one online through Sears' usually comprehensive online parts service, but for this particular mower, to get the carb you have to buy it with the engine attached. Ah well, off to hassle my local small engine parts suppliers ("Oh, that's a Sears mower, we dont have any info on their stuff, you gotta get parts from them." "Just give me a carb that will fit that new mower you have over there, and I'll make it work." Parts counter guys often can't look beyond their parts catalogs and numbers). The life of a gearhead is often tragic.