ipod, it seems, has become the “kleenex” of mp3 players. It’s a word that everyone loves to say. They run with their ipod. They walk with their ipod. Now it has a pedometer. You need a car ipod, a an ipod car charger, an ipod car adapter... They download, upload and it’s the ipod. You would never say mp3 player when you can say “ipod.” So, those of us who don’t have one yet must buy one--or convince someone to buy it for us. Christmas is coming!

to ds or not to ds

Last Christmas we gave my daughter the Leapster 2. Actually, I had bought her the Didj. It was the package from Target that came with a special Star Wars game. She opened it when we tried to start it up something was wrong. I can’t even remember now. Anyway, we took it back to Target to exchange it. In the toy aisle my daughter found the Leapster 2 and it also came with a Star Wars game and she chose that instead. I did like the math games but she’s always been slightly annoyed at having her Star Wars laser fights interrupted by math questions. I really thought we would get more than a year’s worth of play out of that toy but a couple of months ago the touch screen stopped working and I couldn’t figure it out. Finally, last week, I discovered a blog that shows me how to recalibrate the Leapster 2 touchscreen and viola! It works again. Too bad, she’s already lost interest. Now I have to decide... do I buy a new game for the Leapster 2 or do I give in and get her a nintendods this Christmas? Then I would get the ds games, super mario, ds lite... There’s no end, is there?