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by John Cole|  August 9, 20079:11 am| 20 Comments

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Because there is nothing that interests me at the moment.

*** Update ***

Not true- this headline at Drudge made me laugh:

“Minorities Now Form Majority in One-Third of Most-Populous Counties”

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  1. 1.

    Third Eye Open

    August 9, 2007 at 9:14 am

    Is it just me, or does Big Brain Academy, on Wii, make for the best drinking game ever concieved of by Western Culture.

    Talk amongst yourselves

  2. 2.

    Wilfred

    August 9, 2007 at 9:23 am

    Mortgage fall-out here

  3. 3.

    Eural

    August 9, 2007 at 9:24 am

    Shhhhhhh – my wife is finally caving in to peer-pressure (me and two kids) and we’re going to pick a Wii up at Xmas. If this gets out she might back out of our deal!

    BTW – just a general opinion question: is the Wii up to par (we’re a family with two kids – boy and girl – 7 and 12; enjoy pc games but we’ve never bought a “system”). If not what would you recommend?

  4. 4.

    Third Eye Open

    August 9, 2007 at 9:42 am

    Eural,

    IMHO: Wii is a homerun for Nintendo. Its really neat to finally see two decades of incrimental hardware design finally come to fruition with the Wii architecture. For most games, the wand is flawless, even on larger screens. The games designed for the “nunchuck” can be a bit hard to grasp (Like SSX Blur) but they have shining points like the new Zelda.

    Don’t expect to see the PC titles on Wii, but if you can deal without WoW or Light and Dark, you can still get SIMS!

    Expect the kids to spend a lot of time in front of the thing, but the (slightly) counterbalance the sedintary nature of video game players, many of them require quite a bit of full body movement, especially the standard Wii Sports that comes with the system…the only draw back to the Wii, is all the extra controllers you have to buy, or the accessories for those controllers, but they are reasonable, even though you’re going to want 4 remotes to get everyone in on the fun. Best of luck convincing the Mrs.

  5. 5.

    Face

    August 9, 2007 at 10:18 am

    HEY JOHN!!!

    Your blog just got clowned on by Slate, of all things.

    They just ripped your blog name. I think. here

  6. 6.

    Krista

    August 9, 2007 at 10:30 am

    I just read that too, Face. I don’t think they quite get the rationale behind this blog’s name, which was pretty lazy of them as the tagline pretty much spells it out.

  7. 7.

    Tony

    August 9, 2007 at 10:36 am

    Steely McBeam? Seriously? That’s the best they could come up with?

  8. 8.

    rawshark

    August 9, 2007 at 10:50 am

    That guy can’t see the connection between Ministry of Truth and V for Vendetta? Why is he discussing blogs if he doesn’t get the blogoshere?

    It’s amazing how Cole, a man who hasn’t changed how he feels about the world, is now considered a source of progressive thought simply because he doesn’t reflexively support whatever the right says.

  9. 9.

    Andrew

    August 9, 2007 at 11:00 am

    Is it just me, or does Big Brain Academy, on Wii, make for the best drinking game ever concieved of by Western Culture.

    That would be rather amazing, seeing as how it was actually conceived by Eastern culture.

  10. 10.

    Davebo

    August 9, 2007 at 11:13 am

    Eural,

    Get the Wii, trust me. Also, I’ve bought and been given several games for the Wii since I got it, but Wii sports (comes with the console) is the CD that stays in the machine most of the time.

    Although now that I’ve heard of the drinking game that could change.

  11. 11.

    Pooh

    August 9, 2007 at 11:31 am

    WHA?

    just imagine if this was clinton

  12. 12.

    Jake

    August 9, 2007 at 11:40 am

    “It’s not uncommon for the president to have tick bites when he’s out biking,” spokesman Scott Stanzel said.

    Must be wiping out in the long grass a lot.

    Bombs away!

  13. 13.

    Third Eye Open

    August 9, 2007 at 12:05 pm

    Andrew, sorry for the tortured syntax, I meant that the concept of turning it into a drinking game seems to be a wholly American (Western Civ) invention…but I don’t doubt those shifty Japs had this in mind when unleashing the Wii upon us fat, drunk, ‘Mericans

  14. 14.

    ATS

    August 9, 2007 at 12:06 pm

    Steely McBeam has that musky, lantern-jawed Rummy appeal that bequiled the US press so thoroughly for so long. Who are we to argue with such (undeserved) success?

  15. 15.

    Shabbazz

    August 9, 2007 at 2:44 pm

    Steely McBeam?!? Why am I a suddenly reminded of Homer Simpson’s “Springy” olympic mascot?

    Homer: They picked Springy! In your face, Patty and Selma!
    Patty: Well we still love ya, Ciggy.

  16. 16.

    Andrew

    August 9, 2007 at 3:00 pm

    Andrew, sorry for the tortured syntax, I meant that the concept of turning it into a drinking game seems to be a wholly American (Western Civ) invention…but I don’t doubt those shifty Japs had this in mind when unleashing the Wii upon us fat, drunk, ‘Mericans

    You need to meet some more Asians! Turning things into drinking games seems to be a common pastime in China, at least.

  17. 17.

    Third Eye Open

    August 9, 2007 at 3:44 pm

    Andrew,

    When your female babies are thrown in rivers, your skies are filled with industrial waste, and your communications are censored and monitored, you would drink heavily too…wow, that explains a lot about Americans, now that I think about it…hmmm

  18. 18.

    Andrew

    August 9, 2007 at 6:37 pm

    Lead painted toys, drink.
    Summer Olympics pollution, two drinks.
    Melamine dog food, chug.

  19. 19.

    rachel

    August 10, 2007 at 5:10 am

    You need to meet some more Asians! Turning things into drinking games seems to be a common pastime in China, at least.

    And Japan and Korea.

  20. 20.

    BCT

    August 10, 2007 at 5:05 pm

    The headline was funny, but not as funny as the second paragraph:

    “The shift reflects the growing dispersal of immigrants and the suburbanization of blacks and Hispanics pursuing jobs generated by whites moving to the fringes of metropolitan areas.”

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