Fact: I get addicted to video games.

Fact: I am bored with excercise.

So, I had this bright idea to get a Wii system and hopefully get addicted to the more active games that it offers. I asked around to see if the Wii Fit was any good and the consensus was that it will probably do what I need it to do. So, the decision was made to purchase the Wii console & Wii Fit. Dan did the procuring, and one day later we were in business. We hooked it up to the TV in the living room.

The Fit was on order from Amazon, but the sports package and Sports Resort came with the Wii. I popped in the Resort, made my Mii and was on my way to fun in Wiiland. Long story short, after playing around with all the sports in the Resort, my favorite turned out to be the sword fighting.

The only problem was the dogs wanted to be near me when I was playing – this wasn’t going to work. So, one 50″ TV later, I’m sword fighting and doing the Fit in the basement. I have to say that this so far has been so much fun – and if it gets me off my WoW-playing arse, that’s a good thing. Thanks to Dan for procuring all the items, cleaning out the basement and painting the wall!

Sorry Vampire Bill, golf just isn’t cutting it though.

See? So nobody tell me I’m wasting my time on WoW, dig? I’m learning valuable life skills….

Hans Jørgen Olsen, a 12-year-old Norwegian boy, saved himself and his sister from a moose attack using skills he picked up playing the online role playing game World of Warcraft.

Hans and his sister got into trouble after they had trespassed the territory of the moose during a walk in the forest near their home. When the moose attacked them, Hans knew the first thing he had to do was ‘taunt’ and provoke the animal so that it would leave his sister alone and she could run to safety. ‘Taunting’ is a move one uses in World of Warcraft to get monsters off of the less-well-armored team members.

Once Hans was a target, he remembered another skill he had picked up at level 30 in ‘World of Warcraft’ – he feigned death. The moose lost interest in the inanimate boy and wandered off into the woods. When he was safely alone Hans ran back home to share his tale of video game-inspired survival.

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Sadly neglecting this site. Here, have a goofy picture.

Waiting for Big Sam’s Funky Nation

Looks like the iPad might make it to our house on or before the release date of 0403! Oh and hey, that’s a grand thing as it’s Dan’s birthday! I guess the early adopters will get their new toy on schedule.

Hey Corporate America. Read or Listen to this segment on NPR. It’s all about how if you trust your employees to run their own lives that they’ll become more productive – FOR YOU. Really.

A public agency in Minnesota is engaged in a cutting-edge experiment with flexible work schedules. It’s called a results-only work environment, and it gives everyone in an office ultimate freedom to do their jobs — whenever and wherever they want — so long as the work gets done.

Heh, Granny & Jane Hathaway smoke Winston cigarettes.