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On June 16th a whisper shivered its way through the grapevine that binds all coworkers.  A simple little text message with a simple little truth.  A rival gym has purchased our gym.  It took only a matter of minutes before the grapevine was aflame with theories and speculations. The grapevine fire was left to smolder like the fires of pompei for an entire week before any authority figure stepped forward to confirm or deny.  To much of everyone’s surprise, not even the manager knew of the treason unfolding beneath the sea of tranquility.

As ordered, the coworkers and i gathered in the gym on the 23.  A short-emotionless woman and a muscular-bald man stood dictating the steps that would occur over the following weeks.  The rumors had not prepared us for the grandeur of the truth.  We had just been laid off.

Its been one week since i got laid off.  My bank account is reaching critical and next month’s cell phone bill is due.  This week I’ve put out 17 resumes and 3 applications to various businesses from office assistants to firedog.  Not one single interview as of yet.  I’d appreciate it if the world would throw me a bone.

On a side note.  i can officially make sushi!

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While there’s no word on any plans to enter it into the Automotive X-Prize, it looks like the Antro Solo gas-electric hybrid here would at least be able to hold its own against the competition, with it promising to hit upwards of 150 miles per gallon on the highway. That takes a slight dip to a still impressive 117 mpg in city driving though, while the car’s top speed clocks in at a decent 87 miles per hour. To hit those numbers, the company took a couple of extra steps beyond the usual gas-electric hybrids, including putting some solar cells on the car’s roof to help charge the battery, and some pedals on the inside to keep it juiced up when the sun goes down. The fact that the entire car weighs less than 600 pounds doesn’t hurt either. As you might have guessed, however, the car is still a ways away from rolling off the production line, but the company says it expects to get it out the door by 2012, when you’ll supposedly be able to pick one up for $18,000.

by Donald Melanson, via Engadget

If that were not amazing enough.  DARPA announced today that they will have a working prototype of thier Vulcan SCRAMjet engine by 2012.  The vulcan engine will eficiently rocket planes to a velocity over MACH 6.  DARPA plans on utilizing these new lines of engines for space bound vehicle launches and unmanned aeroplanes.

Now, i’ve been keepin my head to the ground when it comes to new technologies that will changed the world.  I have noticed something odd… There seems to be a technological revolution with all the technologies debuting around 2012, a year that mayan calendar fortells as the end of the world.

More thought on this when my computer stops crashing ….

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I love this part of the year. Days where everyday seems like an endless rain storm.

I went to the chiropractor for the first time this week. After a few x-rays taken by kara, the doctor, Tom, came in and discussed how jacked up my spine is. Technically, its not THAT bad but do to having one really flat foot my alignment is all jacked up. Tom then cracked my neck and hip like a glow stick at a rave. He says with some new workouts steps and some shoe inserts i could start running without any pain very soon. I am definitely going continue his services when i find proper employment.

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As many in the local community may not know; i devote rather large amounts of my conscious thought to pondering ideas that elude me. Tonight, i came across a video of Dr. Michio Kaku, author of “Hyperspace,” on youtube.com.

In this video Dr. Kaku eloquently describes a popular theory of how the linear progression of time works. This particular theory reverberated in my head. As of late, i have been been pondering about how the interaction of matter is based on frequencies (i.e. non-newtonian liquids and converting H2O into gas via radio) The idea of all existence being based on the frequency interaction of matter and anti-matter seems an natural progression of understanding.

Dr. Kaku described time as an old river and that if time travel were possible that it would be like an eddy in the river of time, swirling its way back against the flow. If matter contains frequency resonance and that resonance becomes an eddy; then those frequencies could be observed when they re-intragrate withe flow of time. It’s utterly brilliant. Fortune tellers, mystics, spirits, spiritual mediums… they could possible all be sensitive to those resonances crashing into the flow of time.

Based on those theories, time travel is very feasible. First step is to build a device that is receptive of eddy resonance. Nothing like a device to tell the future. Oh god, the god-fearing hordes would never allow that. So much for time travel.

I am going to ponder these ideas in my noggin a little more then report back. Thank you for reading.

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The week is up and yet the object of my literary fantasies still eludes me. Rather than dwell on the “cock-tease” that I will label last week, I am going to report a somewhat joyous occasion for this family.

Another generation in the family tree has been born. On May 29^th, Aiden Raphael Moser (ARM) made a surprise appearance in a local maternity ward. Having been hard at work on the baby making process for the past fifteen years, I would like to congratulate my cousin and her husband for birthing a medical miracle. ARM weighed in at a healthy six pounds and fourteen ounces.

Best wishes for sleep filled nights.

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For the avid home viewers who have been wondering where i have been for the past few days (kara), rest your weary heads.  I have been holding back on my entries in attempt to complete a string of events that have been playing out in slow motion over the past two weeks.  To sum up the events in progress, one would have call it a life changing opportunity. One that only sounds as grand as i make it out to be; if i build up the suspense.  Never the less, by weeks end you, the rabbid home viewers, shall have your gripping tale of woe, written and directed by yours truly.

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It is quite amazing how fast your expectations of your future can change.  One simple conversation can derail those expectations for better or for worse.  In my case, for the better.  I have been dreading having to goto school for another two semesters to finish the last two classes required by my degree, [advanced network admin] and [integration of  knowledge].  Finishing one of the required courses would mean i would have to retake a prerequisite novell server class. which i failed to achieve high marks in a few semesters back.  Last week during a simple conversation between a fellow student about the next semester, he mentioned that he had updated his program evaluation to reflect the new course catalog.  His actions allowed him to skip two non-vital electives.  Inspired by his actions, I too have investigated the new course catalog.  To much my jubilation, i discovered that [advanced network admin] had been stricken from the required courses list.  Killing two birds with one stone, the update my own evaluation to the new course catalog will allow me to skip the retake of the novell server class and [advance network admin].  Suddenly, life as i knew it seemed to contort with the anxiety of uncertainty.  A revelation struck me like an espresso sipping yuppy scene kid on a segway.  i, Mat Hawkins, was one minor elective away from graduation.  All those cram sessions, all those not-so late night study sessions with halo 3, and all those last minute homework assignments.  I was finished yet i had nothing to show for it, well other than my vast improvement in my understanding in all things digital and a 2.5GPA.

Only three questions to answer now.
Should i take INTG285 in the summer and graduate in august or in the Fall and graduate in december?
Where should i apply first?
Why are people not bidding on my xbox 360 auction on ebay?

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Something else leaked from my head a few days ago.  While at work, i came across a mysterious whiteboard.  Within seconds i knew what had to be done.

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I feel the sudden need to be honest to the home viewers.

Coming soon to a threadless store near you. I managed to crank this baby out in 20 minutes. I am currently working on a conan o’brien version. I fear the latter may be more popular on threadless.com.

I seem to have run into a problem locating a decent photo of Conan with proper lighting. Please keep your eyes out for one for me.

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