Several months before the Orlando trip, Kari and Mac decided that this would be a perfect opportunity to perform a sacrifice of sorts. And what better way to have a sacrifice than to ditch unwanted Phil Collins albums? Intruder, Polo, and others contributed several Collins materials for the sacrifice. The problem was in the ceremony details. What would be the best to way execute this sacrifice? Here is a chart of the options explored:

Method	Pros	Cons
Build a bonfire on the GF beach and burn, baby, burn!	Satisfying and can roast marshmellows in the process	Disney security wouldn't like that. Could accidentally burn down the hotel if flames got out of control.
Throw albums into the volcano at the theme pool at the neighboring Polynisian Resort.	Traditional method of sacrifice, and have an excuse to visit the Polynisian pool.	Disney workers probably already thought of people throwing stuff into the volcano, and have taken preventative measures against such efforts.
Take a boatride on the lagoon, and toss the offending items into the lake.	Simplicity.	No one likes polluters. Items could become preserved in the muck at the bottom of the lake, only to be found 10,000 years later by aliens who will then believe we worshiped Phil.
Hide albums in the housekeeping dirty laundry baskets.	Easy plan to carry out, and no one would ever find out who was responsible.	Albums could end up being washed, thus damaging the GF laundry fascilities. Or the albums could be discovered by housekeeping, and then one of them might decide to play the album...and we can't be held responsible for that!

After a period of debate, Kari came up with a relatively simple, yet effective idea: Throw the albums in the trash. After deciding on that option, Mac and Kari put on their Solsburians in Black fedoras, and began the ceremony.

Prior to the sacrifice, Mac did some research at the Church of Peter Gabriel's Tina Chapel, to find inspiration and instructions on how to hold a proper sacrifice.

"Sacrifices, of course, have several different functions.  They can be
an attempt to re-create or somehow access a sacred, mythical
moment or action. They can be a payment for some desired favor,
or payment for some sin.  Or they can be an act of
gratitude--payment for some favor already received.  A sacrifice can
even be all of these things at the same time."

 

It became clear that they needed to state the purpose of this sacrifice. At first they thought maybe it could be in honor of the future release of Up, but they decided to make the sacrifice an act of gratitiude. They decided it would be to thank the Powers that Be that Gabriel was inspired to leave Genesis, thus allowing Gabriel to achieve his true calling and full potential and preventing Gabriel from being the one who sings "Hold On My Heart".

Mac started by grabbing a 45rpm of "Invisible Touch" and standing out on her balcony, proclaiming her admiration of Gabriel. In the middle of her speech, she was posessed with burning curiosity. What would happen if I were to bend this album? So she did, and vinyl proved to be very pliable. Once a crease was created, Mac then wondered, How much force could I apply to this pliable substance before it broke? Mac decide to test her hypothesis by applying pressure with her foot while the record was on the floor of the balcony. The material proved resilient, but after a few stomps, it finally broke. "Oops! I didn't mean to do that!" Mac said. After all, while disliking Phil, Solsburians are neither hateful nor destructive by nature.

Then it was Kari's turn. She chose to hold up a copy of "Take Me Home" while she gave her testimony. Now, "Take Me Home" was about to get the Death Exemption, simply because PG sings some backup on it. However, since no one can actually hear Gabriel singing on this song, it was decided that it could in fact be sacrificed without violating any Solsburian principles.

Kari began to talk about how Gabriel's music has inspired her and brought together so many people in her life, when she suddenly saw a bug. Kari hates bugs, so she whacked away at it with the only thing readily available, namely the "Take Me Home" single. Much to Kari's chagrin, she broken the lp, the results are to your immediate right. Such a pity.

Pressed for time, the Solsburians took it upon themselves to prepare the rest of the Collins LPs for the sacrifice. Mac placed a post-it note on each album with the message, "If found, please burn." Then they went downstairs and performed the sacrifice.

Here is a photo essay of the sacrifice in progress, titled "Phil Collins Gets Wasted":

Before...	...and After	Old-School Genesis Fans will love this. Invisible Touch is placed where it belongs!

Who Knows What Evil Lurks Within?

The deed done, and feeling quite satisfied, the two felt the need to persue other activities. Kari and Mac decided to do a little shopping, namely buying a birthday gift for a mutual friend of ours. Then, sadly, Mac decided it was finally time to leave the Pacers to the rest of their vacation, which included a week-long Disney cruise.