From Terre Haute Tribune Star:

A 71-year-old Terre Haute man was shot in the abdomen Saturday night as he was fending off an armed robber. About 11 p.m., an armed man entered Seelyville Liquor Store in the 9000 block of U.S. 40 and demanded money from the store’s owner, James Magnett. A struggle ensued and the suspect shot Magnett once in the abdomen, said Detective Lt. Tim Gossett with the Vigo County Sheriff’s Department. Magnett was taken to Union Hospital, but a spokesman said no information was available Sunday. On Sunday, police were reviewing a surveillance tape of the incident and had not arrested any suspects, Gossett said. The suspect ran from the scene and is described as wearing a mask, a white T-shirt, dark-colored pants and dark gloves. Indiana State Police and Seelyville Fire Department also responded. Anyone with information on the robbery may call the sheriff’s department at (812) 462-3226 or CrimeStoppers at (812) 238-STOP or toll-free at 1-800-632-7463.

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon." In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1) For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

2) Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed an Illegal Operation" warning light.

7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

I need a Mac, too bad no engineering software would be compatible.

**KDVR (Denver) reports that Ricky Williams has tested positive for banned substances a fourth time. Faces a 1 year suspension.** Who woulda thought? He retired after his third psotivie test. Hey Ricky, call up your dealer and ask him for some of that new ID-10-T stuff. I've heard it's pure THC.

Cops is filmed on location with the men and women of law enforcement. All

suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court-of-law.

With that said, it would have been nice for a Cops crew to have filmed the recent robbery here in Seelyville. And to think, I had just told that ol' timer to have a good night the night before. Damn.

Long awaited Madden pics:

Here is a picture of running up the score against the lowly Lions. This was the last season game in a season that I went 16-0. Settings were Pro-level and 5 minute quarters.

Screenshot of the last 6 games of my most recent season. I outscored these 6 opponents by a total of 432 to 17, or an average of 72 to 2.833 points. Notice the 16-0-0 record (top right).

AFC Divisional Playoff game. Self explanatory.

The cap to my 19-0 season. Another shutout but only 31 points scored against the stingy defense. Though, to be fair, I completed a 5:43 drive to kill the clock.

Ok, in true Farmer style, as you can see it is quite cold in my room currently. Brrrr.

Since when have the Pittsburgh Steelers been the Stihlers? That name works for Madden '06 due to the character constraints, but this is not a chainsaw. It's Steelers, like the metal alloy. Steel, from iron ore.

Ok...I took a break to play Madden and I am out now. 10-0. Yeah, you're jealous. Got the Colts next week. Peyton -- #1 Defense. Top rated defense -- Choke artist. Get aquainted.