Aside from the fact that this is not a Wii, this is about the coolest promotional swag a guy like me could ask for. I want to make myself a true fan by getting one of these. Convincing myself to spend the money on a 360 is the hard part.
If only I could go back in time... My wife and I hate cake toppers, but I think I could probably convince her to use these that are sculptures of Mii characters. For one, they would look like us and that's infinitely better than generic plastic figurines. If nothing else, we could put them to the side of the cake. But, that was two years ago, so it makes no difference anyway. Still, it's a great idea, and I'm tempted to get sculptures of my wife, son and myself for to put in our house somewhere.
Thinkgeek.com is a great site for purchasing everything in geekery. Most of their products revolve around shirts, but they have lots of other fun things, too. For April Fool's Day, they teased about a tie that looks 8-bit. The joke back-fired, as people began begging that they actually get this product and start selling it. Well, I'm game. I'll be very curious to see the final tie and possible even wear it.
IGN reports about a new movie set to come out during the Fall of 2008, named per this post. Interestingly, it will be based on a novel written by the same woman who wrote Interview with a Vampire – Anne Rice. I'm very curious as to the nature of this novel and soon enough the movie. It seems as though this could be another exciting movie for Christians: obviously because it is about Jesus, but almost just as importantly because it will likely be done with the best quality.
According to Wikipedia, Anne Rice was a devout atheist, but has in recent years turned back to her Catholicism, which she left when she was 18.
In 1998, after spending most of her adult life as a self-described atheist, Rice returned to her Roman Catholic faith, which she had not practiced since she was 18. In October 2005, as she reaffirmed her Catholic faith, Rice announced in a Newsweek article that she would "write only for the Lord." She called Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, her first novel in this genre, the beginning of a trilogy that will chronicle the life of Jesus.
In an interview with Christianity Today, headlined "Interview with a Penitent", Rice declared that she will never again write another vampire novel, saying; "I would never go back, not even if they say, 'You will be financially ruined; you've got to write another vampire book.' I would say no. I have no choice. I would be a fool for all eternity to turn my back on God like that."
I was just perusing YouTube for Switchfoot and found this song, supposedly called "War in My Blood." Obviously, I like it, especially because it's definitive Switchfoot in so many ways.
