I recently ordered a Dyson Absolute Animal for Allison and I for our Christmas gift to each other. We’re going non practical gifts as well, don’t worry. I had an interesting experience with the ordering of this product through Amazon but it is here now. I am going to open it up very soon.

I just set up and used the Absolute animal. It is incredible. I can’t believe how much crap I was able to pick up so easily and quickly and in such a small area. About 2X8 is what I vacuumed and I filled the canister with cat hair. So gross.

After dinner I went and used the Dyson some more. I emptied the canister 2 more times. I can’t believe how much was on the floors and in the carpets and how much the Dyson picked up.

Allison found this hilarious website about all the people who have had mishaps with their Nintendo Wii game system. From flinging the controller into the television set 60 inch widescreen HD plasma to nailing a friend in the head. This website http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/ chronicles these mishaps as well as the comic strips and other internet goodies that document Wii related destruction. I guess many people are not hearing the wrist strap or they are swinging the Wii controller so hard that the strap is breaking, there are some reinforced wriststraps that should be making their way stateside. But in the meantime one gamer has come up with a solution to the flying Wii-troller. He handcuffed it to his wrist!

I hope I don’t end up playing with anyone who looks or sounds like this while playing with Nintendo Wii.