We watch a lot of PBS in the morning. One show is Caillou. He’s four and has a younger sister. The story is mainly about him. It’s sort of cute but annoys me sometimes. Like today, Caillou gets ready to go out in the rain then realizes he has to go to the bathroom. On the way to the bathroom, he gets distracted by a car and begins to play with it. I know this is what kids do, and I will be experiencing this with my daughter I am sure.

Anyway, his theme song has always bugged me. There’s a line that goes “Growing up is not so tough..,” the next line I hear “sucks when I’ve had enough.” Actually the actual lyrics to Caillou’s theme song is “except when I’ve had enough.”

Makes me feel better that he isn’t saying “sucks.” Oh well. At least if the baby picks up the word “sucks” I can always blame it on Caillou!

The board game Risk was always a favorite game of ours to play when I was in college. It was so much fun. I haven’t played it in forever but when I found out that you can download a demo copy of Risk II, I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to stroll down memory lane.

After playing Risk II, it reminds me how great this game really is. I may have to go buy the board game. No, wait. I already have it. I have the Lord of the Rings edition of Risk. Then why haven’t I been playing it? I really need to catalog my games sometime.

Risk II for the PC was a lot of fun. The graphics are cute, and I got some pretty good rolls while defending my territories. My strategy was bad going into the game. Next game I will know better.