Birthday Week -- Foiled Again!

This week we celebrated my birthday.  No party or friends, just the girls, myself, and the cake.  Tradition in our house is the Birthday person gets to choose what they want for dinner, and the type of cake.  So, we had lasagna and yellow-cake with chocolate frosting.  My wife is an incredible cook and everything was delicious.

The Loot
Every good birthday brings some form of 'loot'.  In this case, my family reached into dark recesses of my mind to find what I truly desired above all else:

A Manual for Would-Be Dictators!

Yes!  At long last my plans to conquer my neighboring states could be realized!  I studied the book for hours on end, plotting my various evil schemes, building my giant army of robots, in short, I was in Evil Genius Wonderland!  All was great, except I needed a nemesis.

The Nemesis
I finally settled on the vilest, most goody two-shoes animal I could find:  Agent Cookie!

Cookie-Surely Dreaming of My Eventual Downfall

Sure she's resting now, but at any moment she could spring forth with a white hot fury bent on stopping me.  Ok, it was slim pickings for nemesis, but I was in a rush.

March on the Tri-State Area
So, with my nemesis picked out, I return to my Evil plan (Evil with a capital 'E').  I took the day off to march my robotic army of minions to the border of New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona.  And what did I find?

When did Utah come into the picture?  This was no longer a Tri-State area, it was a Quad-State area.  I checked the index...nope...nowhere does it mentioned if there was fourth state.  This book was completely useless!  Foiled by a quirk in geopolitical boundaries!

Now what am I going to do with my army of robotic minions? hmmm....maybe ebay?