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May182008
Company or Crowd?
Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 12:39PM | Mr Lady
Do you all know Jeremy at Discovering Dad? You should. He writes a fantastic daddi-o-blog and is a father of two. For a few more minutes. Baby three is well on her way as we speak. She's the eenciest bit early, so send Jeremy and his wife some very good vibes today for a healthy, happy delivery. And painless while you're at it. Painless ain't gonna happen, but it doesn't hurt to dream.
In true blog addict style, Jeremy left us a tasty little nugget on his site before he left for the hospital. He's, um, GIVING AWAY A Wii. Do you have a Wii? Have I ever told you how Wii can bring a family together, how the Wi can save a marriage? Maybe I will someday. For now, all you have to do is write a little something about what brings out the kid in you, and you too could know the soul-crushing, Intervention-requiring ecstasy that is Wii ownership.
Really, a few paragraphs for a Wii? I would have slept, vigorously, with the 17 year old, zitty, WoW playing, 12 sized dice rolling, Terry Prachett reading cashier at FutureShop to get one. This seems the slightest bit easier top me. You'd be crazy not to enter.
International entries can qualify for a $25 gift card to Starbucks, which will get you, in Vancouver at least, 3/4 of a Grande white mocha. Still, at least he thought of us.
Go enter. Don't delay. He's going to be delirious in a few day and I'm betting the top entries are going to stand a better chance. What is one man against the evil powers of the newborn? Not much, yo. Not much at all.
And now, Jeremy, I leave you with this. You are about to be grossly outnumbered, yo. You have no clue. I am laughing with you, brother. But I'll pretend it's going to be easy breezy.
In true blog addict style, Jeremy left us a tasty little nugget on his site before he left for the hospital. He's, um, GIVING AWAY A Wii. Do you have a Wii? Have I ever told you how Wii can bring a family together, how the Wi can save a marriage? Maybe I will someday. For now, all you have to do is write a little something about what brings out the kid in you, and you too could know the soul-crushing, Intervention-requiring ecstasy that is Wii ownership.
Really, a few paragraphs for a Wii? I would have slept, vigorously, with the 17 year old, zitty, WoW playing, 12 sized dice rolling, Terry Prachett reading cashier at FutureShop to get one. This seems the slightest bit easier top me. You'd be crazy not to enter.
International entries can qualify for a $25 gift card to Starbucks, which will get you, in Vancouver at least, 3/4 of a Grande white mocha. Still, at least he thought of us.
Go enter. Don't delay. He's going to be delirious in a few day and I'm betting the top entries are going to stand a better chance. What is one man against the evil powers of the newborn? Not much, yo. Not much at all.
And now, Jeremy, I leave you with this. You are about to be grossly outnumbered, yo. You have no clue. I am laughing with you, brother. But I'll pretend it's going to be easy breezy.
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Reader Comments (13)
I know what you mean about being outnumbered. Freaks me out sometimes.
April's last blog post..http://formerlyaprildawn.blogspot.com/2008/05/weekend-wrap-up_18.html' rel="nofollow">Weekend Wrap-Up
Video games are bad for me. Worse than the internet. That's pretty gotdamn bad.
Maria's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ImmoralMatriarch/~3/292539144/' rel="nofollow">Marriage is Overrated.
The Wii is good times. I'm still emotionally attached to my PS2 however and may get an XBox 360. I like how the Wii requires physical movement but there are more times than not where I just want to lay about and press buttons. Lazy? Yes. But these are my simple pleasures.
Things that bring out the kid in me? I'm a "manchild" so it's pretty much everything.
Ricardo's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/unloaded/~3/289925111/part-iv-giving-gift-of-boob.html' rel="nofollow">Part IV: Giving the Gift of Boob
My wii is my bestest friend. Oh how I love him. I pray at his altar everyday. Ironic, seeing my kids called it Jeebus, cause it was born on Christmas Day.
And a freaking Starbucks voucher cause I live in Australia? We don't even have a Starbucks within a 200k radius. Sucks to live on the best island on earth sometimes...
Kelley's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MagnetoBoldToo/~3/292784108/' rel="nofollow">Testing my wifeliness. Yes, it is so a word.
He had to have done that on a dare. That's like watching Ozzy Osbourne belt our the theme from "The Brady Bunch". Thanks for conjuring up nightmareish visions of "The Ropers", I didn't want to sleep tonight anyway.
NukeDad's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Nuclearfamilywarheadcom/~3/292290422/' rel="nofollow">My 15 Minutes Should Last All Weekend
Oh man. A Wii? We might never see the light of day if we got another one, but I wouldn't have to share with the brats anymore. Not like I'd win. I never win anything.
amy's last blog post..http://amysbratpack.blogspot.com/2008/05/peace-and-quiet.html' rel="nofollow">Peace and Quiet
I just saw Wii has some fitness programs now. Hmmm.
My bff has one, and I played it at her party. I got so agressive I knocked someone down. Yikes.
Maybe I better not. (Plus, one of my good friends/only blog readers told me they don't understand a word I write, but it all sounds normal to me. Scary.)
I liked the guy's site, though! Thanks for the intro.
christy's last blog post..http://thesouloneverypath.blogspot.com/2008/05/thank-god-i-didnt-fart.html' rel="nofollow">Thank God I didn't fart
I mean, the Wii is cool and all, but third prize is a bag of candy. Now THAT's a prize. Hope I win.
Also want to send out some good vibes to Jeremy and his clan. Hope they're all doing OK, and that we'll be hearing good news form him soon.
matt's last blog post..http://redsparks.com/playpen/2008/05/19/finding-him/' rel="nofollow">Finding Him
Um, yeah...we just got a Wii this past weekend, and now I think I have a torn rotator cuff.
Momo Fali's last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Momo-Fali/~3/293524963/i-hate-when-that-happens.html' rel="nofollow">I Hate When That Happens
Not bad.
Audubon Ron's last blog post..http://ducksmahal.blogspot.com/2008/05/killer-raccoons.html' rel="nofollow">Killer Raccoons
Google reader has been so relentlessly promoting your blog that I finally had to come take a look. I'm glad I did.
Angie (from www.AllAdither.com)
Heh. We just got a Wii on Friday. Zellers got a load of them in so I buzzed up first thing in the am and got one. I was talking to the guy in front of me who'd been looking for one for his son's birthday next week. He'd gone to a rather large mall that had 7 stores advertising them - and they were ALL sold out (including a Future Shop and a Best Buy).
I wrote a post about it, then my blog got hacked and its gone. Bah.
Thanks ML! I really appreciate the kind words and plug for the contest! I'm stoked to be able to give a fellow blogger, or blog reader, one of the coolest game systems ever; however, I'm not nearly as stoked about that as I am my new little "wee" one - baby Caitlin! Thanks for all the love - we appreciate it!
Jeremy (Discovering Dad)'s last blog post..http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DiscoveringDad/~3/295552274/introducing-baby-caitlin.html' rel="nofollow">Introducing Baby Caitlin