Nintendo WTF moments...

I just read an article revealing the final name for the new Nintendo console gaming system: Wii. Just out of curiosity, did anyone at Nintendo actually do any market research on this one in English speaking markets? This one makes no senese and it sounds way too much like a child's phrase for taking a leak...

I hope this one works out for them, but I don't have a whole lot of faith that it will come out well. I guess they just wanted to hand the entire console market over to Sony and Microsoft.

Children, etc

I just spent 10 minutes trying to talk to my girlfriend while her daughter decided to decry the state of the world in as loud a voice as she was capable of. Oy vey.

Years ago, I heard a theory that children's cries were evolutionarily designed so that the adults of the species found them grating as hell as a survival mechanism. Based on my reactions to this little girl's screams of discontent, I would have to say that they might be on to something there...

Spring Again

I am suffering a serious bout of spring fever here. I can not seem to focus on work, every time I look outside and see this beautiful sunny day out there. I want to run away and play in the sun...

Spring at last!

Today was beautiful! I spent the day wandering around the Lake Calhoun/Uptown area of Minneapolis. I think I could get to like weather like this. Too bad it is supposed to be cold and dreary tomorrow! Hopefully we will get some more days like today sometime soon... :-)

Hmph!

Yesterday sucked. It rained all day, it suddenly turned about 25 degrees colder than it has been for the last few days and I got into a long convoluted argument with the developer I am working with and basically ended up being told "Nope, not gonna do it!" I thought it was such a clever idea too! :-)

Anyway, I am going to the Tea House for lunch today and that always cheers me up...

April annoyances

Not that this is a surprise to anyone, but I really hate doing my taxes. A lot.

My company's LLC agreement seems to nothing for me but complicate my taxes and gives me no appreciable gain for it...

Well, that was unexpected

Apparently, my girlfriend's daughter has taken to referring to me as "Da-da Dennis" This amuses her (my g/f that is) to no end. I find it a little unsettling. The only thing that keeps me from totally freaking out is that she doesn't seem to attach any significance to the term. Ah well, it's a good thing I was planning on hanging around for a while anyway.

And just so you know, here she is:

The medical field is having fun with me.

It seems like now that I am finally reducing the number of pills I have to take for my blood pressure, the universe doesn't want me to get too comfortable with not taking too many pills! Now I have to go back on cholesterol medication. Fortunately, I am not so far over the limit that it is going to be a big dose... We'll see how it works out!

Back again

Just got back from Boston to see the Women's Basketball Final Four. While the semifinals were kind of weak (especially theDuke-LSU match-up), the final was one of the most exciting basketball games I have seen in a really long time. While I have some problems with the officiating, the really great thing about it was that they played defense all day during this game, rather than just when it was close to the end of the game or when it was a close in score. It was really nice to see talented players playing a team oriented game, rather than the "I want to make the ESPN highlight reel" type of play that the Men's tournament is devolving into.

The fact that the Women's final was exciting, close and damned electrifying to watch just made the contrast with the Men's final all the more depressing to think about. I don't know if it is the fact that almost all of the top notch players are going pro early or if there is something fundamentally wrong with the way basketball is being coached at the lower levels in this country, but they need to change something to make the Men's college game relevant again.


Anyway, I am thinking that next year, a trip to Cleveland for the 2007 Women's Final Four might be in order, rather than going to Atlanta for the Men's. I know I am going to have much better memories of this trip than with recent trips to the Men's finals.