I Have Seen the Future and it is Wii...

After a morning of present opening, discussions of The Godfather of Soul, breakfast and dinner cooking, bread making and game playing with my sister, I left my parents' home in the afternoon with them using the opera browser on the internet channel of the Wii via their wireless connection watching James Brown videos via youtube.

We'd just finished making their Miis. They'd already cracked up at my sister and I playing tennis like fools and my sister's kick boxing style of Wii boxing. My mom had provided tips on how to better cast my fishing rod on The Legend of Zelda but at 1:30 in the afternoon, we were mesmerized. James Brown was performing Sex Machine (a late 70s James Brown) in full screen on their large screen television.

We had a discussion about Youtube and why they aren't the new Napster. We talked about how this relates directly to what I do at work every day in practical terms that they actually got. It was one of the few times that I actually got to have a conversation that was really about what I do and not just what my company does.

Merry Christmas, Nintendo. I *heart* you.