USA vs Canada I spent all morning practicing Burnout: Revenge on the Xbox in preparation for this evening's international battle. When I first started playing the game earlier in the week, I couldn't even manage to make a connection between what I was doing to my Xbox controller and what I was seeing on my TV screen. After this morning's practice, I was finally getting the hang of it.

Representing Canada in tonight's online match was Curty from Edmonton, Alberta. Representing the United States of America was yours truly, Bernie_M, from Service Road, New Jersey.

As soon as Leon's radio show ended, Curty and I fired up our Xbox 360's and took to the streets, the virtual streets, this is, for a race to the death. Unfortunately, all my practice failed to pay off. It gives me great sadness to report that Curty completely clobbered me. My sincerest apologies go out to all of my fellow Americans. Mark my words: there will be a rematch.

I wanted to go on playing all night, but Curty had to stop after a few hours to watch game six of the Stanley Cup Final between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Edmonton Oilers. Hopefully the Hurricanes do a better job beating Canada than I did. I'm not even into hockey, but after getting my ass handed to me by Curty, all I have to say is...

Go Canes!
- Bernie  ¶ 9:28 PM