Kris, Jessamyn, and Abigail Milo

I’m past the half way point on the original Zelda which I downloaded for the Wii – So decided to make a list of how many I’ve beaten compared to how many were made. These are the one’s I’ve either beaten or will beat in the near future:

1. 1986 – The Legend of Zelda – NES
2. 1987 – Zelda II: The Adventures of Link – NES
3. 1991 – The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past – SNES
4. 2002 – The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – GC
5. 2007 – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Wii

Now, I’m not going to count Zelda games made for systems I’ve never owned – like Gameboy or DS. So for the NES, SNES, N64, GC, and Wii – a total of 8 were released (I think) … I’ve beaten, or will have beaten, 5 … not too bad. Seems I skipped the N64 games (Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask) and the Gamecube’s Four Sword’s Adventure.

OK, the addition of the Nintendo Wii in my life has caused a sensory overload. For those who don’t know it, the new system has a built in feature which allows you to download games from the older nintendo systems … and they’re pretty cheap ($5 to $10 each). As a man in my 30′s, I’m pretty nostalgic about my past “glory days” of being a teenager with a video game system and time to kill – lot’s of it. So now, of course, I need to have those old games asap. I’ve already downloaded the original Super Mario Bros., and the original The Legend of Zelda. I never played the original Zelda game before, so beating this game is a must. Super Mario Bros. is just a must have because of it’s video game historical significance (I can beat it – start to finish – in under 8 minutes). And lets not forget the Wii came with Wii Sports which is very cool in it’s own right – add the fact that I bought the newest Zelda game … Twilight Princess. So I’m currently trying to squeeze in the original zelda, the newest zelda, and wii sports …. but let’s not forget the games that I absolutely MUST HAVE which bring me back to my younger years:

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Super Nintendo)
F-Zero (Super Nintendo)
Super Mario 64 (Nintedo 64)

These are available now, but I need more time. I need to figure out how to extend the days to longer than 24 hours

As is usually the case when you make a grand statement in your life – I broke a promise that I made years ago to NEVER stand in one of those stupid wintertime outside lines to get a video game. This past sunday, I waited in line, outside, for an hour and forty five minutes. I’m not sure of the exact temperature, but it was less than five degrees … and shaded …. and windy.

But the Nintendo Wii freakin’ rules! We didn’t have a lot of time to play (we went to the really stupid Rockstar: Supernova concert), but let me tell you this … Pro kicked my butt in both golf and bowling. We’re both pretty excited, this system is a lot of fun … good times in our future

Lot’s of video’s of idiots like us playing the Wii here.

The “pots and pans upgrade” at the Milo house is nearly complete. Our entire collection is now Calphalon, but not all top of the line stuff – but even the low grade Calphalon is better than some of the crap we were using We’re still missing a sauce pan in the 3.5 – 4 quart range, but other than that, we’re good. Here’s the run down:

Calphalon One 12″ frypan with lid
Calphalon Contemporary 10″ frypan (non-stick)
Calphalon Contemporary 8″ frypan (non-stick)
Calphalon One 7 quart sauteuse pan
Calphalon Try-Ply Stainless Steel 2.5 quart shallow sauce pan
Simply Calphalon 5 qart chilli pot (non-stick)(no link, doesn’t show on the website)
Calphalon 8 quart stock pot (no link, doesn’t show on the website)

Jessamyn really likes the Calphalon One … I’m a big fan of the Try-Ply Stainless – but they’re both top of the line and awesome to use. Now if I can learn to make more stuff