My mum wants a Wii for Xmas

What to do when your mother wants tech for Christmas? I say buy it for her but be aware that you may spend your Christmas day (a) setting it up (b) explaining how the controller works (c) explaining how the game works, (d) yelling how the game works and finally (e) going to bed still crying.

Seriously the woman wants a Wii for xmas so she can “keep fit”. I have mentioned maybe it would be easier and cheaper to get a dog and just go for a walk but she is having none of it. All i know is how much grief i have had ever since my parents decided (each of them) to have a dvd player and set-top-box attached to their individual entertainment units. If it is not re-doing to surround sound system it is trying to put plugs back in that somehow “Accidentally” fell out [usually it is the cat’s fault – but really, why would the cat care?]

I can only imagine the trouble some of those Wii controllers are going to have.
Any way i say she should get one. I mean my grandma was like in her 80’s before she got a microwave and she loved it. Not that my mum is old by a long shot i just mean that you are never too old to have access to the latest tech. Ever.

What i have issues with is my mum making me play games WITH her. I am still scarred from what is now know as the “Pictionary Game Episode”. It is well known in my family that i am only allowed to have computer based opponents although my friend Steve and i use to have awesome fun playing “spite and malice” during our lunch breaks. I have attempted to kill him. Not even once. Not saying i have attempted such a thing on other people. All i AM saying is that i have been known to get quite upset when people take too long for their turn. In any game. At anytime. I may have even raised my voice at quite small children when they began to get distracted.....

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I know this is “suppose” to be a sci (ish) blog...or at the least about my failures. This entry is so not that. In my defence let me say that i have been working quite hard and sometimes i just need a laugh (or a break). I will say that i was disappointed with the coverage of the email hack of a UK climate research facility – i would just like to reiterate that you should never put anything in an email you would not like to be made public. I KNOW some of the guys who are your admin people...and your boss (no matter where or what you do) usually owns your email account anyway. This of course is not true of personal accounts. In which case be aware that you could still be hacked or punked.

I will not say what my opinion is on the resulting back lash or even why it was done. Not do i have a “position” about climate change for/against people or opinion on the topic. Just let me say that do not confuse people who do climate research with policy makers, bureaucrats, politicians, journalists or anyone else (with their own agenda). Be alert not alarmed people!! Also, i think i might rename my research focus – i will in future say that i study “Antarctic Systems”. It is pleasantly vague. Might also help me pick up? No. thought not. *sigh*