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Travis and I arrived at work a little early this morning to knock off the last song on Guitar Hero on the hard difficulty. We've been working on it for a week or so during lunch breaks, etc. The last song, "Bark at the Moon" just about killed me.
Proof!

Now onto expert. Wish us luck!

The new season of Lost premiers tonight on ABC. As Adam pointed out a few days ago, ABC has been busy keeping the online community occupied over the summer by posting bits of information around the internet. All of this led to a final video which turns out to be the Sri Lanka Training video for the DHARMA (Deparment of Heuristics and Research on Material Applications) initiative. This video explains a lot about the organization, the island, and what our castaways are experiencing.

The Numbers:
4 8 15 16 23 42
What do these numbers mean, you ask? They are factors in the Valenzetti equation. This supposed equation gives the time before humanity exterminates itself. The DHARMA initiative was/is setup to change any of these core factors, thus increasing the amount of time humanity has.

I'm not sure yet how ABC plans to bring this information into the show or if it is just for those who had the time and energy to put into following the online community of Lost. Thankfully we can now sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labors thanks to YouTube.

The latest craze to sweep the Plexus offices, Guitar Hero. Connected Technologies was "kind" enough to bring in a copy to get everyone hooked. Now Plexus has our own copy and lunch breaks just got more interesting!

The game is genius in that it takes everyone's years of practice with the air guitar and puts it to use. That combined with a good selection of "classic" and current rock really makes the game entertaining.

But as they say, "The proof is in the pudding". (...whatever that means...) So here are a few of the Plexus crew rockin.

PS: Buck, this post officially ends my "bloma" so get off my back! :P

Bodies The Exhibition... if you haven't seen it, you should. I went this past weekend to the Atlanta Civic Center to see the exhibit. It was very crowded but worth it. The short explaination: they turned real bodies into plastic and arranged them to show different aspects of the human bodies. The exhibit started with bones, then moved to structural muscles and proceeded through all the internals. Fascinating and kinda creepy. The site gives some of the details of on the how's and why's.

Notes:
They don't allow you to carry much of anything inside the exhibit. No food, drinks, big purses, back packs, strollers, cameras, cell phones, etc. (See site for full details). Bring $5 for parking - at the Atlanta Civic Center. Order your tickets online to save yourself some time in the long lines. Bring some patience since there will be long lines and lots of people even once you make it inside the exhibit.

Parental Warnings:
If you have small kids be prepared to carry them either in a sling or something similar. No strollers are allowed. If they are old enough to walk it might be tough to keep track of them since the exhibit is fairly dark and crowded. If your kids are older be prepared to answer a lot of questions since the bodies are anatomically correct (mostly male bodies but a few female ones too, including an area on just the reproductive systems). Be mindful of the fear factor as well, they are real bodies and it could be very traumatic for children who don't understand.

All, in all... it was a very fascinating exhibit and I highly recommend seeing it when it's near you.