eternally chaotic

Last night though, Carol and I booted up the xbox, ready for another episode of Dr. Who, when were greeted with a message saying that the console had been banned from xbox live for violations of the terms of service.  Destroying any hopes of fixing the problem the last sentence of the message clearly stated “there is no recourse for a banned console” meaning – enjoy your brick, thanks for playing, have a nice day, oh and by the way why don’t you hop on down to the store and purchase a new one. Needless to say the discovery was frustrating.  Talking to a friend about the ban it looks like I wasn’t alone.  Other friends have had the same luck, others have not, but are waiting patiently for their turn at exile.

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Nobody likes to argue with their kids.  I know I certainly don’t.  Last night was different, at least for one conversation.  I was making the kids’ dinner and while waiting they became heatedly engaged in a conversation about precisely when Darth Vader had died.  I am by no means any sort of expert on Star Wars or Darth Vader but like many others grew up as a science fiction fan and Star Wars was certainly a topic always near the surface, regardless of my interest.  I was curious about what they were saying though and a thought hit me:  Did I just hear right?  Were the Jacob, Isaac and Piper discussing the finer details about the timeline of Star Wars?  Now granted that Piper has only recently come into this phenomenon, but the boys are knee deep in it.

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