New game, same result

Saturday brings time and good weather to grill some turkey tenders for dinner.



The girls were home this weekend for the holiday. We took advantage of the time to play a game of cards. A new game, actually a twist on an old game, but the results were the same; Dolores won. Not sure how she does it so consistently but I consider myself lucky to have her on my side. She is a winner!

The future is all a game!

Sunday video time. This one is fun to watch but it also asks a lot of questions. Are you ready for some questions? They save the best questions for last, of course.

And what the future world looks like starts about 20 minutes into this but don't skip to that part. You do need to be reminded of the past that builds and enabled the present which sets up for the leap to the future.

Life is a continuum. The question is, will we like what it will be when we get there?

Xbox 360 Games - E3 2010 - Guitar Hero 5

Well?

What do you think?


Hat tip to @ZeFrank for the link

Twitter Bingo

There was a farmer who had a dog,
And Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o.

When joining in with the group to sing and clap along, I never bothered to think what, if anything, the song meant. Did you?

You were probably were too busy trying to keep with the rhythm and clap along at the right time just like I was!

You were more intent on listening for the numbers as the caller would read out loud "B5, N37, G48..." when playing the game of Bingo.

You wanted to complete the row of five numbers, or four if you could use the free space!

You can play bingo today with Twitter. Expanding upon Christopher S Penn's use of #the5

• Pick five items to share via Twitter and tag with #the5
• Set up a search for the #the5
• See if one you have shared gets shared by someone else
• If you get a match, connect with the person doing the sharing. You have at least one thing in common, there may very well be more
• If you get five matches, the day could very well be a lucky day

With two sessions of 10-15 minutes each, you get a good start on your life long learning. This Twitter Bingo will let you learn, share, search, learn some more, network, and keep the life long learning cycle going mixed a dose of some fun.

How far will this take you?
That is entirely in your hands!

Go have some fun learning!

Note: retweets of #the5 count as a match

"children's games as performances"

Image via WikipediaBernie DeKoven, the Funsmith, writes:

I had to play it first. And when I did, I realized that the clearly silly game of Duck-Duck-Goose fully satisfied my criteria for a meaningful, kid-produced, kid-acted, kid-directed, theatrical experience. It was highly dramatic. It was something they actually wanted to do, actually could organize and become engaged with. Thus I began work on my “theater” curriculum and my lifelong exploration of the Theater of Games.

I soon discovered I was working within a global theater. Searching for more and more games, I found books of games from all over the world. The Games that are played out in the Theater of Games are in fact a form of literature – not written, maybe, not even oral, perhaps, but “enacted” – and thus handed down, from generation to generation, brother to brother, culture to culture. The literature of games can convey complex relationships, roles and consequences, issues of conflict and heroism.

Ring around the rosie, jump rope, hop scotch, all hearken back to simpler times. In times of trouble, getting back to the basics, re-establishing relationships, building trust and community, living in hope, having some good clean fun, are all something I strive for.

What do you think about this game called life?

What are you doing to deliver a top performance.