Snood

I know everyone has heard about Snood by now but if you haven't and you've been living under a rock, Snood is this awesome and addictive game where you shoot these little snoods with one of it's own kind and if you hit 2 with 1 of the same then they fall off and you clear a path so you can shoot down some more.  It's really fun.

That was the original Snood and they've added new games.  Like Snood Poppers, Snood Slide, Snoodoku, Snood Solitaire and Snood Towers.  They also made Chowder, Cactus Bruce and the Corporate Monkeys, Meeklits and Ballmaster2.

I have played Snood Poppers demo and it was pretty neat.  It's similar to Snood where you shoot snoods to make them disappear but this time they are going through this pipe that is twisty and you have to eliminate the snoods before they get to the other side.

I haven't played any of the others though, I don't really care for Solitaire too much, I mean, I already have Windows Solitaire.  Why should I buy another one when I got one for free?  Plus, I really never play that, when I do play Solitaire I always play Spider Solitaire.

I do have a Snood T-shirt and a Snood key chain which I love.  I'm always playing with the key chain, it's so shiny and it's dangly.  I'm a simple man, you give me something shiny to play with and you got my attention for awhile lol.  And whenever I wear the shirt people who know what Snood is always say hi and some people who don't are like cool shirt, what's it mean?  Then I tell them.  I'm like a walking billboard when I wear advertisements.  But what I can I say?  I love Snood.

Amazon Kindle 2 Arrives Today

The Amazon Kindle 2 arrives early.  Not to me but to those who bought one.  I watched a USA Today review of it and it pretty much touched on a good point.  That it doesn't have a battery door and no SD card slot.  But other than that it's pretty good.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj3jXNKu5B4

I would love it if someone who has a Kindle (1 or 2) who has a newspaper subscription could please do a little video demo showing how a newspaper looks on the kindle (turning the pages, if there is a table of contents etc).  I'm really curious about that.

I went to YouTube looking for a demo from regular people and all I got is a demo from Amazon and the review from USA today.  Also interviews from Amazon.

Gevalia Stir Mug

I've seen this on the Dvice website before but I guess I never blogged about it.  It's a neat little gadget for coffee drinkers.

"Insulated stainless steel gently stirs your beverage at the push of a button. Keeps coffee hot for hours. With snap-on, see-through sipper lid."

Now this is something that I want to buy.  It's $18.95 but if you buy 2 it's $32.95 giving you a discount of $5.  It uses 2 AAA batteries.  It's hand washable so don't put it in the dishwasher, that might break it and I wouldn't submerge it in the sink full of dishes either, just in case.  You would probably just want to clean it outside of the sink then rinse it out.

I think it's neat because you won't need a stirring stick or a spoon, who wants to keep a spoon in their mug all day or keep using several spoons throughout the day?  And if you don't drink your coffee fast enough it can get cold and this has a built in heater to keep it hot for you.  That's worth the cost.  I'm sure there are shipping charges as well.  I've looked for this in sears but they don't have it.  I haven't looked anywhere else but I'm sure it's a Gevalia exclusive product.

Pretty neat huh?

A Spell for Chameleon

I've started reading the Xanth series of novels starting with the very first one called A Spell for Chameleon.  I'm not exactly sure why they named it for "Chameleon" but I'm sure I will figure it out.

It's about this guy named Bink who never found his magical talent and he has to go to the Good Magician Humphrey and find his magical talent in exchange for 1 year of service.  If he doesn't find his magical talent he could be exiled forever from Xanth and he doesn't want that.  He wants to marry his girlfriend Sabrina but he can't if he has no magic.

On his long journey to find this magician he faces lots of obstacles like Centaurs, dragons, illusionists etc.

I've only read 5 chapters so far, the 6th chapter begins with him finding the castle where the good magician lives.  I had to stop reading though because my eyes get blurry after awhile.  But this is a very good book.  Unfortunately, it's a loooong story.  It only shows 17 books in the series in the front of the book but someone told me there are 24 and I'm only on book 1 lol.  I have a ways to go.