further proof the wii fit works: I've lost three inches off my waist in a month.

Laga, what all are you doing on the Wii Fit? Like, how long do you use it each day, and what games are you primarily playing? Because if the Wii Fit will help me take 3" off of my waist, I am aaaaaaaalll for it.

I've set a goal of an average of 30 minutes a day (including 4 minutes of balance games for a cool down) so if I skip a day, I do 45 minutes the next two days.

I pretty much follow the same framework every day:

Advanced Step

Strength exercise, followed by the yoga pose the wii suggests goes with the strength exercise. (I do Warrior/Lunge about every other day alternating with Half Moon/Single Leg Twist.)

Rhythym Boxing (10 minutes) [I'm not sure what difference it makes, but I'm not punching the same way the miis do. I throw karate-style punches and try to concentrate on my form. (unless D is watching, then I concentrate on punching really hard!)

Strength exercise, followed by the yoga pose the wii suggests goes with the strength exercise.

If it's not time for cooldown yet I'll add a number of minutes of hula hoop to make my total at least 26.

cooldown is pretty much always: Ski Slalom, Penguin Slide, Ski Jump.

I've also changed my diet: no more huge portions, more fruits and veggies, but I haven't gone crazy, I had Taco Bell last night, but I only had a Mexican Pizza where I used to have that and an enchirito.

I only do the fit test once a week, I heard if you weigh yourself every day it's easy to get discouraged because your weight can fluctuate during the day.

edit: in the interest of full disclosure, it's possible the tape was tighter today than it was the first time I took my measurements so I've probably lost more like 2 1/2 inches.

I had a dream that animal rights activists complained that Penguin Slider is cruel to fish so Nintendo added a bit at the end that said, "And then they were returned to the sea".

RIP Keith Herber [link] Fungi from Yuggoth was a seminal Call of Cthulhu adventure.

There's a nice obit that applies more widely:

It happens in Geekdom, that many individuals contribute great portions of their creative time and energy to their obsessions and niche loves without receiving wide recognition or great financial gain.

So if I'm thinking about a garden just like the one in the Arcane University in Oblivion, which thread does that belong in?

Gardening thread.

So I guess first you'd have to go to Bureaucracy and propose a gardening thread.

Or is gardening a craft and therefore should be discussed in Minearverse?

So if I'm thinking about a garden just like the one in the Arcane University in Oblivion

That was a pretty garden, plus think of all the money you'll make selling potions.

I've heard that Fable II has internet content - I guess you open some treasure chests and insted of giving you an item they give you a URL, which you then surf to, play another little game, and then get a unique prize, which you will have the next time you log in to FAble II on the Xbox.

Rock Band also has crossover stuff between Xbox and internet.

Are these just for Xbox owners? Do the other consoles do the same sorts of things? Do other games do this?

The Wii keeps asking me if I want to log-on to the internet but I keep saying no.