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September 7th, 2003:
Bachelor Party…

So… my bachelor party (and Gina’s bachelorette party) is this weekend. I don’t know much about it… except it will probably involve kart-2-kart. If you didn’t get an invitation, blame my brother… because it’s fun to blame him for things… Then gimme a call, I’ll hook you up with the details… or at least my brother’s contact info.

I must admit I’m a little afraid of bachelor parties. I’ve heard horror stories. I’ve laid the ground rules, but you can rest assured that they mean little. No video… whatever happens at the party stays in the party… unless Brad is involved. Then it’s open season.

- Duane

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September 1st, 2003:
Labor day weekend lives up to it’s name.

Continuing the trend of filling our weekends to the limit, we attended 2 more weddings. This brings the running total to 4 in the past 2 weeks… and there’s another one next weekend. Oh, and don’t tell us that we’re “at that age” that all of our friends get married. We’ve heard that. It’s old.

We spent some time re-vamping the bar area in our basement. Some new carpet, new lights, a little cleaning and viola! Next, we’ll carpet the rest of the basement and have those glass block windows installed…

- Duane

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August 25th, 2003:
Rogerbox playing Scalici’s in Allen Park

Rogerbox is booked to play at Scalici’s in Allen Park September 19th. Details, cover, and showtimes can be found at http://www.rockonroll.com/.

We’ve got a pile of new material… and everyone will finally meet our new drummer, Eric. No guarantees on whether Chris will keep his pants on or not.

- Duane

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August 24th, 2003:
2 Weddings, 2 days at the races, 2 birthday outings… all in 1 weekend.

Gina and I have set a new weekend “tight schedule” record. Starting with Friday, a birthday lunch with my brother followed by a wedding on the East Side. Saturday contained a full day or racing (with plenty of mechanical issues), followed by a wedding reception northwest of Ann Arbor. Sunday started with more racing at WHRRI, during which Glenn was forced off the track in the back straight and made contact with the wall somwhere between 60 and 80 mph. We were able to rebuild the entire right rear corner of the car (suspension, drivetrain, body) just in time to enter and get a class win for the feature race. After all of that excitement, we headed back out the East Side to officially celebrate my brother’s birthday. If that wasn’t enough, in the next 2 weeks, there are 3 wedding left to attend!

- Duane

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August 17th, 2003:
Lights out, lights on, lights installed.

Around 16:00, Tursday, August 14th, electrical service was interrupted in New York, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, Conneticut, Vermont and parts of Canada when a single power plant puked on itself. This caused a chain reaction of overloads, putting millions in the dark. Hey, terrorists! Take some notes…

Our power was restored 26 hours later. Some lunchmeat went bad, I smelled a little. I wrote an article (on my powerbook) with the whole story… look for it here, soon.

To celebrate the return of electricity, I’ve installed a bunch of new recessed lights in my basement. This is something I’ve been meaning to do for years. Yay.

- Duane

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