N E S W (iron rooster)

In vane, eh Ben? Well, some games put a key in your registry which you could take out or modify. Some programs check your system clock and you could set that back if you have admin rights on your computer. Some programs register you with an online database through your .net passport or something similar so that there's nothing on your computer you could possibly do to reset it.

You could always purchase the full version of your favorite software titles, since that's the reason people put out demo versions. :)

Not quite, Andrew. I may be giving you a bit too much with this hint, but if I were trying to solve my complex riddle, I'd start with the bit about the star and the A Christmas Carol performance. It's not Bogart, though.

Today was a very excelent devotional at the Institute. That and the fireside with Gary Poll and Bro. Kent's last class were amazing.

Went and saw National Treasure last night with one of my best friends who I haven't done much with for a few years (even though the dude lives two houses down from me). That just proves that a movie doesn't have to have any of the crud to be an excellent, engaging film. It was one of the more edge-of-your-seat films I've seen in a long time. Some movies are more shock-value thrillers, but this kind was crazy-fun thriller. The bad guys were always just minutes or even seconds behind the good guys the whole time. The historical research that must've gone into writing the story was impressive. Reilly had hilarious lines and acting (like when they left the department store after finding the time on the bill and he was frustrated that they guessed his trivia bit), and Cage's character had a great line ("People don't talk like that anymore.") And I loved how they used so many of the national monuments as sets. There were only a few things that were not very believable (the actual Mission: Impossible antics with stealing the Declaration, and then the heroine's line about the scrolls from the library at Alexandria [how did she know by glancing at one corner of one scroll?]) but the rest was just great.

Ok, time for homework stuff.