Random Thoughts 5/9/08

• Graham's favorite word now is "diarrhea." He says it a lot and it's hilarious. The older three boys have been saying, "ah-naw-shus." It's how they say obnoxious and apparently they're authorities on the subject.
  
• Did you know that the same guy who created the video game Super Mario Bros. also invented Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, and dozens of other popular games? Shigeru Miyamoto has worked for Nintendo for decades, creating some of the best selling video games in history. Mario Kart, Star Fox, Super Smash Bros., F-Zero, Metroid Prime, Wii Sports, and Super Mario Galaxy are just a few of the 84 games Mr. Miyamoto has worked on as either the designer, director, or producer. There's probably never been a game designer so prolific.
• Speaking of video games, we bought Brennan and Tanner Super Smash Bros. Brawl last week. We traded in some old games and used some in-store credit to get the game for $9 and change ($49 originally). Not bad! It was such a good deal that I'm eyeing all of current games, waiting to pounce on any title that isn't holding it's own. If the kids don't play it, trade it!
• There may be tens of thousands of dead people (and perhaps a lot more) in Burma and all that Al Gore can see… is political opportunity. Various blogs and news outlets are all over him on this, citing that Gore claims "Global Warming is forcing ocean temperatures to rise, which is causing storms, including cyclones and hurricanes, to intensify." But the actual data shows that the oceans and global temperatures are cooling right now, therefore global warming could not have killed those people in Burma.
• The Navy will name a new destroyer after Medal of Honor recipient Michael Murphy. This will be the second destroyer to be named after a recent Medal of Honor recipient, one for a Marine and one for a Navy SEAL.
• Don't wash your dog and then mow your yard and then put the clean wet dog out in the wet moist grass clippings. All the white parts on the dog turn green. Oops.