Well, Tuesday, 3/4/08, I had my mouth set for an Army of Two steak dinner, so I sauntered into my local Game Stop, confidently requested Army of Two for the 360 and was told, matter-of-factly, that it SHIPPED that day, it RELEASED for sale the following day 3/5/08...

Now, everywhere I looked, everyone I talked to gave one very specific date, 3/4/08, and NO ONE mentioned this as A SHIP date. What good is a ship date to an eager consumer like myself? Give me the date it'll be on the shelves!

Anyway, I patiently waited until the following morning, got on Game Spot, chatted a bit ad readied myself for work and a pit stop at Game Stop to FINALLY pick up Army of Two. As I'm pulling my shirt over my head, my TV goes off. Huh? I figured maybe I'd bumped the remote or something, so I went to turn it back on and.... nothing. The TV had died.

So now I'm convinced that I'm going to be killed in a fatal car crash on my way to the repair shop with my TV in tow. For some reason, crap likes in increase exponentially whenever I set my sights on something I want...