Playing Games
Whenever my wife or my parents ask me what I would like as a gift for some occasion like Christmas or a birthday, my response is always the same: "You don't have to get me anything, but if you do, surprise me." In this regard, I love surprises, and most of them have been very pleasant and unexpected over the years. Yesterday, when my wife asked, I thought about it for a few seconds and replied: "an Xbox 360." Yep; I want me an Xbox for Christmas, dammit. Good thing I asked before I read Karen's scathing assessment, though I must confess that I've said or thought a lot of those same things about gaming -- often about certain family members. But see, we recently had some work done on our cabin in the mountains, adding a bedroom, half bath, and an entertainment room -- primarily to get the TV out of the living/dining room area where people are congregated when we have family over, especially at holidays and such. We've got a pretty large wide-screen HDTV, but no cable or dish; just a growing library of DVDs, of which, some of my favorites are WWII documentaries, video encyclopedias, and...
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