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Jewel is a Peach

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If you happen to come across the calendar view of this blog, you’ll notice that nothing was posted on Sunday. It’s easy to explain. We — me, son Eric and friend Dennis — went to a fanboy convention in Springfield, MA to meet actress Jewel Staite. Actually, Dennis went to meet Monkee Peter Tork, but I don’t think he minded meeting Jewel.

Blame it on my friend Bill! It’s his fault. He got us into watching DVD’s of the short-lived 2002 TV show Firefly, which is best described as an outer space western. Staite played the character Kaylee, the space ship’s mechanic. It’s like this, see? The ship’s engine has a glowing yellow tail, that’s supposed to make it look like a firefly and the significance of that is, well, uh …. never mind. There is no significance. But anyway, that’s where we were on Sunday.

Next weekend we get to meet Morena Baccarin, another cast member from the show, at yet another geeky fanboy-filled event. Hey, somebody’s gotta do the tough job of showing these struggling actors that their hard work is appreciated!

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Oui Wii


Eric has, at last, experienced the eagerly-anticipated Nintendo Wii! At a demo kiosk in the Natick Mall.

It’s been a long wait for the Wii, which was originally going to be called the Revolution. Here’s hoping Santa does a good job making sure they’re in ample supply for the Holidays Christmas! No! Wait! I got that backwards. Holidays Christmas. *Whew* There, that’s better.

There’s another Eric who’s anxious to play the Nintendo Wii. The foul-mouthed kid on South Park. Well, every kid on South Park is foul-mouthed. The language on the video above has been reasonably cleaned up with some judicious editing.

I’m not particularly a fan of the show, in part because of the needlessly gratuitous profanity. I made a point of watching the Scientology show, however, and it was quite good. I’m not saying the writers don’t score points against their targets, but for me the swearing muddies the message.

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