North American Motoring - I'm not new, but I never said hello!!

This is not my first post but, pretty close to it I suppose. Quick details:

I work for a small / medium sized technology consulting company in Omaha, NE where I am the Sr. Network Engineer. I work on pretty much any OS or network architecture and have certifications in the Microsoft, Cisco, and Extreme Networks worlds. I truly enjoy what I do. As a result, I have recently started my own blog geared towards delivering technical information, rants and reviews on topics in the IT field. Feel free to visit, http://www.curtis-lamasters.com . I have a little excerpt about my Mini in there as well. For those of you who don't read blogs, I have a 2003 Chili Red / Black top MCS. I absolutely love it. During my 3 day car shopping extravaganza I drove about 15 cars. The only one that didn't make me want to fall asleep was the Mini so that day I bought it. That was about 6 months ago or so. I have yet to do anything performance wise to it yet, and if anyone who knows me reads this, they will think that is quite strange for me. I have been into Mazda RX-7's for the last few years and have owned a number of them and still do. But my usual go around is, I buy one, mod it that day or very soon after and drive the crap out of it. (Cars are meant to be driven hard - Personal motto) Well, thanks for letting me tell you all about myself. Motor on........