Today's flashback to everyone's favorite decade the '80s (and yes, by everyone, I mean me) is in honor of a milestone I hit this week. No, it wasn't my 100th blog post (actually I'm probably coming up on 250 I think) or birthday or anniversary or anything. On Monday morning, actually, it happened. Probably sometime around 9:30 a.m. I'd say. We were driving on the highway in my ol' 1999 Honda Civic when I looked down and saw it.

Yep, for the first time in my life, I broke the 100,000 miles mark on my odometer. Granted, I would've blown past that a few years ago if I wasn't working from home (where I barely take the car out at all). But with all the cars I've had before and my parents' cars growing up, we never let them break the 100k mark. I think we usually traded them in for a new car around the 80,000 mark or so. I don't think my dad's ever had a car for more than 6 or 7 years actually. So this was definitely a first for me. I should probably have a cake or something, right?

Also, tying into the rock scene, my wife and kids came back from the mall yesterday with my belated Chanukah present. Well, belated because it's been sold out for eons. My 4 year old told me to "Close your eyes, daddy!" So I did. Then when I opened them I saw the most glorious gift ever. Guitar Hero 3 for the XBox360. It took every ounce of strength yesterday to not rip it open and start playing right then and there. Actually, I hadn't even opened the Xbox 360 itself yet, 'cause I'm waiting till after the holiday insanity was over. But this weekend I am most definitely playing!

Anyways, how can I tie mileage and a video game into this week's Flashback? Could it be Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" with that funky video game style animation? Nope. Though that is a good one. Instead, think fast cars and even faster guitars. That's all ya need.

Van Halen - Panama



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