Week in Review

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Mrs. T. and I purchased an early Christmas present this week, an American PlayStation 2.  I say American because we already owned a Japanese PlayStation 2.  The games are not compatible though, and I was dying to play....

  and .  The Star Wars game is an absolute blast, you play as different characters and walk through the first three movie episodes.  The NBA game is quite fun too, we enjoy recreating last year's Spurs championship win over Detroit.

Additionally, Mrs. T got

, this is the game you play on a dance pad and jump around like a maniac.  She thought it would be good exercise.  When she's playing this, I crack open a beer, watch and giggle.

Up till now we've been content with our Japanese PS2.  Our favorite game on it is called "Mosquito 2."

In it you play a mosquito that has snuck into the baggage of a Japanese family who flies to Hawaii for a home-stay with an American family.  Your goal is to suck blood out of folks without getting thwacked.  The earlier stages are easy since the Japanese family is still jet-lagged and can't put up much of a fight.  When my Evil Little Brother is in town, the first thing he ever wants to do is play this game.  It's hilarious.  Check out this video trailer for it, and listen to the disco music, the song is in English and it's all about the joys of sucking blood.

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J-Go announced on his blog that our buddy Guy just published an article on .NET Developer's Journal entitled The Composite UI Application Block.  Having read it, I can honestly say once again, I have no idea what Guy is talking about.

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93 year old Studs Terkel appeared on Nightline last night.  And all I can say is that I am so happy Ted Koppel is retiring from the show next month.  He really is a jerk.  His interview with Terkel focused very little on Terkel's politics and ideas and more on his physical condition and appearance (at one point calling Terkel's walking cane "hideous" because it was topped with a carving of a fish.)