Winter

It is 46 degrees here. Winter is here for a few hours. It should be back on the eighties tomorrow.

Vince Did It

I been playing WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 for the X Box 360.
This is either one of the worst video games ever or one of the funniest.
First off everyone and every thing looks as if it was made of play doe that had been left in the sun too long.
The controls have been changed again but not for any improvement. Mostly just to the effect of being annoying. However the controls are responsive.
The audio is well done, nothing special just good enough to be understood.
The storyline in the main game is silly beyond words. You start out as a member of the audience of a show when Santino Marella invites you to challange him for his championship belt. You win the belt and start you career as a WWE Superstar.
The game does have a few good points.
You can make your own finishers. You can even make one where you launch yourself off the corner post.
You can off course create your own wrestler and his own entrance.
This is a rental.

The Un COLA

For the first time since 1975 the will be no Cost Of Living Adjustment.

Under the law, Social Security payments are supposed to increase annually if U.S. Consumer Price Index increase. But over the past 12 months, prices have declined. The CPI-W the price index upon which Social Security adjustments are based on has dropped 1.7 percent since September 2008.

So it's supposedly cheaper to live now. OK on that logic I think congress should take a pay cut of 1.7 percent and there should a pay freeze for two years.

Record High

We set a record high today. Tonight we should have a very welcome cool front. I want a cold front.

Cowboys Win

The Dallas Cowboys won their last game. In a tight back and forth game the Cowboys won in overtime.

Dallas Cowboys 26
Kansas City Chiefs 20

Lizard

Natal

Microsoft has announced project Natal. Basically a motion capture device for your home. Natal they claim will replace your controller.
In my view this will not happen for several reasons. One the Natal system requires very precise lighting. Lighting most homes do not come with.
Another and the main one is the player. People mostly do not want to jump around to play a game. They want to sit down and relax while they play a game.
However I do welcome the research into Natal. Natal could open doors into not only gaming but other fields for the disabled. I hope that in Microsoft's endeavorers they do not forget the disabled.