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So, Alex is safely in Philly, while Lisa is off at a Solstice Party / Girl's Night out.

I ended up heading over to my parents' place, where we had been planning to go buy (and then decorate) a tree...but all the lots closed by 6 today. Whoops.

After rescheduling the trip for tomorrow, we took

neeri and her just-arrived Dad out to dinner at the Hickory House (loud, kinda cramped, and they screwed up my order, but -damn- they make fall-off-the-bone good ribs), and then

neeri pulled out her Wii and I found myself playing Wii sports for the next several hours.

I'm not a terribly dab hand in Bowling (though apparently my issues with snapping my wrist when I bowl comes from my Mom - she does the exact same thing!), and I was having some problems getting into Boxing (I should have remapped for a lefty, so I'd be jabbing with my strong hand), but I was Death Incarnate when it came to Baseball. I only got a few hits, but nobody could touch my splitter or curveball, and when the time was right, I pulled out the fastball to make the batter RESPECT MY HEAT.

Unfortunately, I started to flag before I could try Tennis, but I now definently want to buy a Wii sooner or later. It's ridiculously fun, and I saw fairly good proof that Nintendo's basic concept of the "everyman" console is sound -

neeri's dad got into things very easily, and my Mom (who has never had any interest in a video game that wasn't Tetris), was all about the Baseball and Bowling.

Plus, hey, decent workout after an hour or two of most of that!

Next stop, tomorrow, a Tree, and my grandfather wants to buy us a comfy chair as a very late housewarming gift...

Edit: Oh, and

dklegman - Check this Science out as I drop it upon you.