This is information retrieval not information dispersal.

If you ever plan on moving to South Carolina, be prepared to go through Brazil. Huh? Not the country, the movie. Brazil, the movie, is the Terry Gilliam sci-fi classic about bureaucracy in a retro-future world. It's got some very very funny scenes. Well, when you're watching an anti-bureaucracy movie they're funny. When you're going through them in real life, well, they lose some humor. Take getting your SC license and tag. You think you can just go to the DMV and knock that out, right? WRONG! Here's the series of step you can expect:
1.Go to the DMV office. Not just any DMV office, the specific one in my part of the state that grants driver's licenses to non-US citizens. Luckily there's one about 14 miles from my house in Greenville. There, pass the eye exam, then fill out an application. Wait in line for your number to be called up.
2.Hand in the application, show all the documents that you have, then pay the fee. Then wait in line again for your number to be called up and for you to get your picture.
3.Get your picture taken. And although the driver's license prints right away, you'll have to wait 8 weeks for it to be mailed to your home. "The applications are backed up"...but you do get a two-sheet temporary ID that's a pain in the ass to carry around.
4.Drive downtown (about 10 miles away) so you can pay the property taxes that you owe for your car (you heard that right). Go to the office that handles first time tax payers, and wait in line.
5.Hand in the proper documents and find out how much you owe in taxes.
6.Go to another office to wait in line to pay your taxes. Hand in the proper documents, pay the fee and get the receipt.
7.Drive another 10 miles back to the DMV to get your tag. Wait in line again, then hand your tax receipt. Fill out an application for the tag, and hand that in along with your fee.

And voila, you get your license and tag!

So yes, going through all of that made feel like a little like Sam Lowry going through information retrieval and information dispersal offices...

College Football Poll, Week 6

Not much changed in the top 10 of the national polls this week. My poll, however, is very fluid and will change often.
I am being very tough on my Bulldogs this week, ranking teams such as Cal, Tenn, GT, Missouri ahead of them. Past two games have not gone over too well...

Rank.School (Last Week)
1.Ohio State (2) - Have gone on the road against good teams and dominated. They're for real.
2.Auburn (1) - Got a win in a tough environment.
3.Michigan (4) - Continue to blow all competition away. Should have an easy time this weekend against MSU.
4.USC (3) - Struggled on the road against WSU, a team that Auburn dismantled (albeit at home).
5.LSU (5) - Tough defense, this team really knows how to finish weaker opponents quickly.
6.Florida (8) - Defense is carrying the team through early parts of games.
7.Texas (7)
8.West Virginia (6) - Should win out until the Louisville game.
9.Oregon (11)
10.Louisville (9)
11.Oklahoma (14) - Keeps improving, defense needs a big game in Red River Shootout.
12.Clemson (12) - Offense is a monster right now, especially the running game.
13.Tennessee (16) - Could win the East if they win this weekend at Georgia.
14.California (17) - Playing very well right now.
15.Missouri (23) - Solid right now
16.Notre Dame (19) - Michigan State win keeps looking worse and worse. Defense is still weak, as the Purdue WR got 200+ yards against them. Soft schedule until finale against USC so they'll keep winning big until then.
17.Georgia Tech (21) - Defense is playing well and Ball is not making big mistakes. If they can avoid their yearly let-down game this is a team that can play for the ACC championship.
18.Georgia (13) - Offense is struggling, will be interesting how they handle their first ranked opponent.
19.Boise St (24) - Have to keep winning big to make it into a BCS game.
20.Florida St (22)
21.Rutgers (NR) - How long will they remain in the top 25? Who knows, they survived a tough USF team last week though.
22.Iowa (15) - I don't think they've played as well as they could all year, but should rebound from OSU thrashing.
23.Virginia Tech (10) - Got beat in every phase of the game against GT.
24.Nebraska (20)
25.Wake Forest (NR) - Keep on winning.

Others: Texas Tech, TCU, Boston College, Penn State, Arkansas

The grass is always greener...well, anywhere but here!

Damn the Joneses! Looking around last week at the yards around my house and well, our yard is really weak. Struggling. Much like the Georgia offense lately.
We went to Lowe's to try to figure out what we needed to do (i.e., overseeding, putting down fertilizer or lyme, etc). The guy was helpful, but he must've thought we were the biggest dumbasses around when we brought him a sample of our grass. He goes "well, that's Dallas Grass. Otherwise known as weed."

Damn that was the greenest best part of our yard. Turns out our yard is mostly weed with a little bit of fescue. I'm not sure what I did or what I was thinking, but I ended up buying starter seed, fertilizer, lyme, a spreader, sprinkler, etc. I have no idea what to do with all that, and it gets even more complicated because apparently I'm going to need to rent an aerator. I can barely work my leaf blower....ain't no telling how the aerator business is going to go.

Well, at least this is going to keep me quite busy and outdoors. Anybody that has any tips on how I should go about doing this let me know...