Honestly, I'm a little disappointed there wasn't more conversation in response to the last post. I guess I only have myself to blame. I should have titled the post, "In Your Face, Libertarians!". Maybe that would have gotten more of a reaction.
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On Sunday we purchased Super Smash Bros. Brawl for our Wii. I must say that I'm exceedingly pleased at how much fun it has been. I'm excited to play online against friends and family. If you've got a Wii and Smash Brothers, and you're interested in playing, shoot me a line and we'll exchange friend codes.
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The ability to play Wii online is awesome. I've only played Guitar Hero against others, but I'm excited for the possibility of playing many many more games. It's especially a bonus when we live in D.C. but most of our friends and family live in the Midwest. The ability to connect online is so tremendously valuable. Whether with the Wii, or just online. I got to play chess against B.I.L. (Brother-In-Law) the other day via Yahoo Games. It was terrific.
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I'll admit, a little part of what made it so fun was the fact that I actually won for once. Despite being more than 10 years younger than me, B.I.L. routinely beats me at just about everything. I'd be embarrassed but B.I.L. is just darn good at every game. Except nerts (or is that with a 'z'?). But it's ok that he beats me at everything, because I've got him where it counts: in height. Yup, that's right, I've gotta be almost a foot shorter than him. Poor guy.
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Speaking of games, Laura and I attended a game night thrown by one of my best friends from law school. We played Clue (among other games). I hadn't played it in more than a decade. It was a lot of fun. Good game, that Clue. I probably outta go out and purchase it some time. I'm a big fan of Mr. Green.
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At law school friend's game night they had the Harry Potter inspired jelly beans. The ones that come in "every" flavor. Our friends had already picked through almost all the good ones, so whenever someone made a dumb move (like when we played Taboo and someone said a prohibited word) they had to eat one of the jelly beans. I had a handful. I was terrific at guessing the flavors. I correctly identified grape jelly (the only good one I had), dirt, boogers, grass, soap, and sausage (I guessed liverwurst. Close enough.). I'm impressed at how accurate they can make those beans taste. And at how many absolutely disgusting things I've tasted in my life.
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On the Harry Potter theme... how terrible is J.K. Rowling? She's suing the guy who put together an encyclopedia of the Harry Potter world. Nevermind that she herself used the guy's online catalog to write her books. She decided she wanted to sell one of her own, so instead of putting it up against some competition, she's trying to create a monopoly. It's all about the money for her. Of course, it always was. I'm not sure if that makes her more or less of an artist.
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I've been struggling with the idea that weight loss will required diet and exercise.
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Micheal Clayton was a terrific movie. We Netflixed it and watched it last night after our game night. Excellent drama. We liked how they kind of took the suspense and "who-dunnit" out of the calculation to make it more of a drama and less of a mystery. I still haven't seen No Country for Old Men, but after having seen 3 of the best picture nominees, I'd say that this was a strong year for Oscar films. It's been a while since there was such a good year.
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Last but not least, there's a new little blurb under the title. Enjoy!
No more flippin' burgers, puttin' on my silly hat
You know I don't want that, no more.
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oh matt
I didn't read the previous post when I saw it because it wasn't a good time for me (a self-described "pragmatic libertarian") to get riled up :)
I've played a lot of PS3 online, and it's amazing how awesome it truly is. I can only imagine it's the same for the Wii.
It's nice to see someone else gives props to Clue. I was always more of a Colonel Mustard fan myself. I once considered courting Miss Scarlet, but then I found out she gets around. And occasionally kills Mr. Boddy.
Nice Reel Big Fish reference. Haven't heard that song in years.
Mike - I don't know how riled up it would have gotten you. Unless, of course, you get riled up by flawless logic...
Give it a chance sometime in the not-to-distant future.
I posted on my blog.
We had a game night recently where we played Clue, like two or three times.
And we would love to play wii with you. We don't have the same games you have though probably. We just got the olympic game one. Let us know some time if you want to try to play us
yeah, clue is great. I won both times somehow.
Is it more fun to play on line then inperson? Could you play a game with someone after they have gone to that great party game in the sky? Are you really enjoying the game or just imagining it?
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Yeah, I really meant to respond to your last post....it should have engendered lots and lots of discussion from the Bens, Zhubins, Mikes, Jacobs, and Jeffs of the world. Instead, we all find ourselves incredibly busy these days.
I can say that I find you far too optimistic about human nature....but I haven't had the time to work through the implications of what that means for a full-fledged theory of government.
As for me, when in doubt listen to Reinhold Niebuhr.
I'm intrigued by the idea that my philosophy is seen as "optimistic". I don't think it is either optimistic or pessimistic. I haven't [yet] given any thoughts about how hard it is to define and promote the good life, or the proper tools of government (I think education is huge, but that requires massive up-front commitment, much more work than, say, prohibitions). Basically, my philosophy says "goverment has a huge job, not a little job", and though certain people might see that as alternatively optimistic or pessimistic, I just see it as a philosophical reality. It is what it is.
Ben - I'm assuming that your view of human nature is going to be more of the "fallen" concept? I think there's certainly room for that in my philosophy. Personally, I incorporate that in a key fashion: that people, on their own, have a heck of a hard time identifing the good life, because their sinful nature causes them to mis-identify that which really is good and bad. (I give some room for natural law to help people sort it out, but natural law is from God, so...). Does that help?
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