Kid and Caboodle

I have decided to stop playing the X-Box games Mater-National and Carbon. Both involve driving a car at very fast speeds to win races. I hate driving in real life, and I don’t find these virtual versions any better! I cannot control my game piece properly, so I find myself constantly smashing into walls and ending up in last place. At the end of the game, I wind up with a very sore hand and a murderous mood. I’ve decided I’m not going to play any more, no matter how much my son begs. I see no point in playing a game that does nothing except frustrate me; I have far better things to do with my time.

I’ve been spending way too much time playing on Facebook this weekend!  One game I’ve been playing a lot today is H2Opia, in which players take care of other people’s tanks of virtual fish and exchange virtual parts to build underwater homes (as well as more virtual fish).  Certain actions apparently will lead to the game company to donate water resources for real to needy populations.  It’s fun and does good in real life — how can you lose?

Downloaded and tested various pieces of software onto the new laptop.  I was able to load a driver to access our home printer through the wireless network and loaded two pieces of software I need to update the AAJA-D.C. Web page.  I also successfully tested my access to several work-related Web sites.  So far I’m pleased with the performance of my new machine.  The only thing that bugs me is that the “Delete” key on this machine is in a different place than on the laptop I had to return, so I keep hitting the wrong button.  Oh well.