Wanna see something freaky?

Go to Google Maps and enter your address.
If a window pops up with a little picture that says Street View, click it.
If that option doesn’t appear, click on the Street View button at the top right edge of the map.
Find a street with a blue highlight around it, and go there.
Once you have the Street View window open, use your arrow keys or mouse to get around. I prefer the arrow keys.
It’s also better if you make the Street View full screen.

There are all sorts of websites out there that show the cool stuff users have spotted on Street View.

Here’s where I’m writing this blog from right now.  Click the image below and mess with your arrow keys.

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People have already brought up the possible privacy issues that come with this new technology.
Check out the video to see what I mean.

The following is going to sound strange coming from someone who if forced to label himself would choose “Liberal”.

I am quite happy that the United State Supreme Court just decided to eject Washington, D.C.’s, ban on handgun ownership.

Residents of D.C. can now legally defend themselves with a hand gun in their own homes for the first time in 3 decades.

This is a major win for proponents of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

Here’s a quick article  about the ruling.

Check out CNN’s feature Americans’ relationships with guns

Also, take a look at an interesting book called “Armed America-Portraits of gun owners in their homes”

I could write pages about this, but I’ll let you make up your own mind….

Spore will have to wait.  I have bigger issues right now.

Last weekend I was out shopping, and I accidentally bought a Wii.  Oops!  I didn’t mean to. I only meant to buy a birthday present for my wife. (Which I did…a nice one by the way) I was ALMOST in the clear. I just had one more stop to make before I went home, and wouldn’t you know it…the store had a few Wii’s in stock.  I’ve been trying to track one down for months, but never got the timing right.  After a while I started to think “maybe it’s for the better”.  I’m saving up for a new house, family birthdays, etc.  I had put the Wii out of my head.  I did, until I found one.

Suddenly I found all sorts of ways to rationalize why it was okay to spend $250 on a toy:
1) It’s not for ME, It’s for the WHOLE family.  I didn’t get a PS3 or XBox 360.  I didn’t get Grand Theft Auto IV.  I got a system that has games that the kids will be able to play without being corrupted or traumatized.
2) My parents and in-laws like it.  It’s something fun to do when we have family over!  Family bowling tournaments at the kids birthday party’s go over much better than me hiding in ManTown playing Halo.
3) It’s healthy!  Wii Fit looks like a pretty cool idea.  Imagine, exercising while playing video games. Win!
4) It’s the most affordable of all the game consoles.  XBox 360 and PS3 cost $6,000,000 after you buy all the stuff, don’t they?
5) We have a copy of Guitar Hero for the radio station.  I can borrow it whenever we’re not using it for an event. Look honey, I just saved us $80!
6) It connects to my home network through WiFi.  No extra wires in the living room!
7) My sister has a Wii. I can play games with her over the net! When they are older, our kids can play each other too.  It’s bringing my family closer together!

So now I own a Wii. I don’t own any games for it yet, but that’s another blog for another time.  I already have some ideas…

Oh no.

I can see another time sucking void in my future. It’s called  Spore™

It’s a video game. It’s from the same guy that created Sim City and The Sims.  In Spore, you create and control your own creature from a single cell organism all the way to a space traveling creature of your own design.

To get people interested, they have released a Creature Creator long before the actual game is released. All it does is enable you to make little monsters.  Sounds boring, but it’s incredibly fun.

I had a great time creating little  monsters with the help of my 3 year old daughter.
“No Daddy, I want him to be PURPLE!”

Here’s the trailer for the game…

I haven’t noticed any Boy Scout troops touring the building today, so I will assume that it was an adult that left a mess in the men’s room.

WTF?