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No long-winded rants today. Just a funny video and a WTF? article. The video is from SNL and if you have small children who watch Dora the Explorer you'll appreciate it. It's 99% safe for work save for the appearance of the word "asshole" which is half-censored,  sot take the necessary precautions if you need to.  The link is to an article at Kotaku about a Halo board game. That's right. I said Halo board game.

No long-winded rants today. Just a funny video and a WTF? article. The video is from SNL and if you have small children who watch Dora the Explorer you'll appreciate it. It's 99% safe for work save for the appearance of the word "asshole" which is half-censored,  sot take the necessary precautions if you need to.  The link is to an article at Kotaku about a Halo board game. That's right. I said Halo board game.

 Let me just say: having a broken Xbox sucks. To all of you playing The Force Unleashed demo: stop it.  Right now.  Seriously, it's just not fair.  I guess I'll have to unpack the Wii now.  It's been sitting in its box for about 2 weeks now because we recently moved (for the second time in about a month, but that's another blog post altogether).  Before that I had unpacked it, but it just sat there for about 3 weeks, never being turned on.  

 Let me just say: having a broken Xbox sucks. To all of you playing The Force Unleashed demo: stop it.  Right now.  Seriously, it's just not fair.  I guess I'll have to unpack the Wii now.  It's been sitting in its box for about 2 weeks now because we recently moved (for the second time in about a month, but that's another blog post altogether).  Before that I had unpacked it, but it just sat there for about 3 weeks, never being turned on.  

I finally got around to calling Xbox support. The rep I spoke to was very friendly and professional. The automated voice operator was very entertaining. After each choice I made he would say something like "Gotha" or "Alright" in a very strange tone of voice. If you can imaging a masculine, heterosexual version of Big Gay Al on South Park saying "Super!" I think you might be able to get an idea of what the automated operator sounded like. Anyway, the rep was very precise, obviously they have received a lot of training/experience on this issue.

I finally got around to calling Xbox support. The rep I spoke to was very friendly and professional. The automated voice operator was very entertaining. After each choice I made he would say something like "Gotha" or "Alright" in a very strange tone of voice. If you can imaging a masculine, heterosexual version of Big Gay Al on South Park saying "Super!" I think you might be able to get an idea of what the automated operator sounded like. Anyway, the rep was very precise, obviously they have received a lot of training/experience on this issue.

 So early this morning, say 1 AM, I shut my Xbox down after a few exciting hours of Halo 3.  As I turn my eyes away from the Xbox, just in my peripheral vision I see a glint of flashing red.  I turned and there it was, staring in my face like twisted smile,  the Red Ring of Death.  Strangely enough I've seen it 2 other times before, but not for long.  Both times were during heavy storms in which our power went out for a brief second or two.  The red lights flashed after the power sparked back on, but disappeared once I turned the Box off and back on.  This time it wouldn't disappear.

 So early this morning, say 1 AM, I shut my Xbox down after a few exciting hours of Halo 3.  As I turn my eyes away from the Xbox, just in my peripheral vision I see a glint of flashing red.  I turned and there it was, staring in my face like twisted smile,  the Red Ring of Death.  Strangely enough I've seen it 2 other times before, but not for long.  Both times were during heavy storms in which our power went out for a brief second or two.  The red lights flashed after the power sparked back on, but disappeared once I turned the Box off and back on.  This time it wouldn't disappear.

 I'm sorry to disappoint a few of you, but my wedding ring was not in my son's poo (which was abnormally green and squishy.  Thanks a lot Kellog's Apple Jacks-flavored Cereal Straws.  Seriously, who was the dip**** who starting giving those to my son?......oh.  That would be me.  Nevermind.).  I know you were looking for an interesting and colorful description of how I had to give my ring a bath in rubbing alcohol and scrubbing it with a travel-size toothbrush.  However, it was just as I thought.  He walked to a random place and dropped it, causing it to roll out of sight.  

 I'm sorry to disappoint a few of you, but my wedding ring was not in my son's poo (which was abnormally green and squishy.  Thanks a lot Kellog's Apple Jacks-flavored Cereal Straws.  Seriously, who was the dip**** who starting giving those to my son?......oh.  That would be me.  Nevermind.).  I know you were looking for an interesting and colorful description of how I had to give my ring a bath in rubbing alcohol and scrubbing it with a travel-size toothbrush.  However, it was just as I thought.  He walked to a random place and dropped it, causing it to roll out of sight.