I just received this (wonderful) announcement. Put the PTDR on your calendar!!<\/p>\n
Ladies and Gentlemen, please brace yourselves for the following
\ndouble-barreled announcement.<\/p>\nYou Said It Would Not Happen!
\nYou Said It Was Better Last Year!
\nYou Said There Was No Way You Would Stand In Those Concession Lines Again<\/p>\nBUT IT DID. AND IT WASN’T. AND YOU WILL.<\/p>\n
Assorted parties are PROUD to present<\/p>\n
The One And Only<\/p>\n
POWER TOOL DRAG RACES<\/p>\n
TWO WEEKENDS. . eekends. . . eekends. . .eekends<\/p>\n
At The Maker Faire. . .aire. . .aire. . aire<\/p>\n
Maker Faire Bay Area
\nMay 3rd and 4th 2008
\nhttp:\/\/makerfaire.com\/<\/a><\/p>\nAnd then AGAIN at ACE! International Speedway. . .eedway. . .eedway. .
\n.eedway. . .<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Ace International Speedway
\nMay 17th and 18th 2008
\nhttp:\/\/www.powertooldragraces.com<\/a><\/p>\nIT’S THE POWER TOOL DRAG RACES!<\/p>\n
THRILL as big-block belt sanders and supercharged steam-powered
\narcwelders put the hammer down on our Custom Made Power Tool Drag Racing
\nTrack!<\/p>\nCHILL as machines reach speeds of up to SIXTY WHOLE MILES PER HOUR with
\nLITTLE REGARD FOR PERSONAL SAFETY!<\/p>\nSPILL your beer as you revel in the very height of redneck gearhead culture!<\/p>\n
YES! IT’S *THOSE* POWER TOOL DRAG RACES!!<\/p>\n
Every year the very best and brightest take to their garages, the
\nplumbing aisle at Home Depot, the tools section of OSH, and the empty
\nlots behind their neighbors’ trailers to build THOSE MACHINES WHO REIGN
\nSUPREME!<\/p>\n75 Feet of skillfully machined fiberboard Power Tool Drag Racing Track
\nawait the competitors on race day!<\/p>\nBE AMAZED at the high-tech timing system that tracks Each and Every Vehicle
\nBE AMUSED at the charming antics of our well-known Power Tool Drag Race
\nAnnouncers!
\nBE APPALLED at the smell of RAW ADRENALINE and 20-W-50 in the air!<\/p>\nBE SUPER EXCITED that the Power Tool Drag races are making up for lost
\ntime and having TWO! YES! TWO! separate events this year for your
\nsun-burnt, greased-up, over-beered, de-hydrated pleasure!<\/p>\nOH MY EFFIN’ GAWD, IT’S THE EFFIN’ POWER TOOL EFFIN’ DRAG RACES<\/p>\n
Sign up to race! Take a gander at The Rules (which are valid until Jim
\nMason decides to re-write them or racing day, whichever comes first):
\nhttp:\/\/www.powertooldragraces.com\/rules.html<\/a><\/p>\nClean, Kid-Friendly, Health-Department-Regulated, No-Sex Toy event at
\nMakerfaire, May 3rd and 4th!<\/p>\nNasty, Oily,
\nShould-technically-be-illegal<\/p>\n-but-for-the-grace-of-God-and-The-Fire-Department,
\nSex-Toy-Filled, obscenity-laced, drunken, sunburnt, screamy,
\nHepatitis-Inducing Blowout at the One And Only Ace International
\nSpeedway, May 17th and 18th!<\/p>\nCAN IT POSSIBLY GET ANY BETTER?!<\/p>\n
YES! IT!! CAN!!!<\/p>\n
Not Only Is there Power Tool Drag Racing (Holy $#@%^!!!) this year, but
\nthis year there is also<\/p>\nTHE FIFTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ROBOGAMES!
\nJune 13-15th 2008
\nFort Mason Center
\nSan Francisco
\nhttp:\/\/www.robogames.net<\/a><\/p>\nOver 70 Different Events for over 1000 robot builders!<\/p>\n
Robot Kung Fu!<\/p>\n
Robot Sumo!<\/p>\n
Robot Soccer!<\/p>\n
Art Bots!<\/p>\n
Bartender Bots!<\/p>\n
Talking Bots!<\/p>\n
Wandering Bots!<\/p>\n
And the Big Ones – the Jaw0Wrenching, Soul-Crushing, Metal Shredding
\naction of ROBOT COMBAT!!<\/p>\nROBOGAMES 2008:
\nIt’s about seventeen times better in person than on TV.<\/p>\nHundreds of robots, thousands of screaming fans, gallons of beer and
\nover 30 countries represented by teams from around the world!
\nBuild-Your-Robot-Workshops! unk Harvesting For Fun and Profit! Freebie
\nGiveaways! And more mechanical knowledge under one roof than you cold
\ncomfortably shake a dead Terminator’s arm at!<\/p>\nRoboGames: The Olympics Of The Future, taking place in your own back yard!<\/p>\n
Enter Your Robot Now! Over 70 events, you’re bound to find one you like!
\nhttp:\/\/robogames.net\/events.php<\/a><\/p>\nROBOGAMES 2008 – Dad doesn’t want a tie for father’s day, now, does he?<\/p>\n
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW (Yes, people do buy the VIP passes, and love them):
\nhttp:\/\/robogames.net\/buy.php<\/a><\/p>\nQuestions, Comments, Stupid jokes, and Derogatory sniveling can be
\ndirected to Simone<\/span>@qb[nospam]ox.org<\/a>, who will handle everything more or less
\nappropriately.<\/p>\n