Indiana Jones and the Last 360

What was merely an unfulfilled dream, the subject of many a blog entry, has finally become an unexpected reality. I am very proud to announce the newest addition to my family: a new Xbox 360!

How did I suddenly come across such a fortuitous clash of fate, and realization of the inevitable? I attended an annual benefit dinner last night for the Chinatown YMCA, where they were holding a silent auction, which included everything from tickets to Letterman, a small bottle of Louis the XIII (which I also placed a bid for), to kitchen appliances. And there against the back wall, an Xbox 360 and five games. I felt like what Indiana Jones must have felt when discovering the Holy Grail. I looked at my wife, who knew what I was thinking. And within that look flashed a vision of the giant rolling boulder, pits full of snakes and bugs, and a hallway of spinning blades and crushing stones. My quick whip-like brain snapped and produced a crack that sounded like "It's for a good cause..." Wifey, not a match for my reflexed defense, sighed "Go ahead then..." The boulder out ran, the pit traversed, the gauntlet conquered. And I didn't even lose the fedora.

I've yet to hook it up, which is another dilemma I have now, since such a fine piece of hardware should be joined only with a high definition television, preferably with a flat and wide screen. And that may have to wait for the sequel.