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One gadgets begets another. Cause and effect. A + B = C

A) A few years ago I bought an ipod. It got me into walking and biking as I could listen to music while exercising, carrying huge amounts of media with me at once. Not long after that, I discovered podcasts and went to town. Ever since then I've been seeking new ones. One that I have found is called Sidescrollers from screwattack.com. It's all about gaming. I found it after watching a few of their videos that were posted on digg.

B) These guys talk a lot about gaming, and I found their Video game vaults a source of great nostalgia, as my childhood consisted of an extraordinarily highly saturation of video games. I got thinking about gaming again, especially after my brother and sister in-law's (Julie's bro and his wife) got me a Nintendo DS for Christmas.

C) Yesterday I purchased a Nintendo Wii. I searched long and hard for one, annoying department store employee's with my incessant phone calls. I ended up getting one and it has been great fun.


Case in point.

Adventures of the Non-Flesh-Eater

Julie and I have decided to go entirely vegetarian for an entire month. So far it has been one of the most difficult and tiresome ventures I have ever undertaken, and it's only been two days! We had Tofu in a dish for dinner this evening. It was terrible, and I'm relatively open minded about this kind of thing (well, I'm increasingly open minded about it anyway). I didn't eat too much of it, neither of us were really into it. Later tonight, I had some baked beans with veggie weiners, which actually weren't too bad, so at least i'm not feeling super hungry for meat right now.

I'll keep you updated. But I'm increasingly wondering if this is the way to go, even if I don't end up being a strict vegetarian or vegan. I like meat but I also understand the toll it takes on the environment and the ethical issues of suffering sentient beings. I enjoy meat way too much to give it up for good. But this will be a good indicator if it's an avenue we will want to venture further down in the future.