Costco Scallywag Sloop Pirate Themed Club House

From time to time Costco has had some interesting things for sale on their website. This time they have a pirate themed club house. Looks really cool, and if I was still a kid I would want one, but with the $18,499.99 price tag. I imagine most kids will only be able to dream that they are captain Jack Sparrow. Also, I can't imagine most families having a backyard like the one in the picture, but OK Costco way to sell your product.

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Next Gen Gaming

What do we have here, but all three of the "Next Gen Gaming" rigs. From left we have the Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and the very hard to find Playstation 3. I got the 360 last year a few weeks after it was released by ordering it on Samsclub website. My Wii was obtained by standing in line for 17 hours in front of Best Buy on November 19. Lastly the Playstation 3 was the hardest one to get. Originally I had planned to camp out in front of Best Buy for 1 night to get one, but then I heard 3 days before it was to come out that people were already camping out in front of Best Buy. I decided to test my luck and order one online. Well, that was a horible night, I woke up ever couple of hours to try my luck, but then my best chance came when Costco had it on their website, but the site crashed. Then a couple weeks later I was told by a Radio Shack employee that they were supposed to have PS3 systems on Black Friday, so my brother and I woke up at 3am and waited in his truck while playing DS for 3 hours. At about 5:45 one of the employees asked us what we were here for and we said the PS3 and he quickly said that they didn't get any. We hung around and came in to hear the same thing from the guys inside. I was very disapointed. Then my brother called me the other day said that his buddy from Compusa called and said that he got 3 PS3 and asked if he wanted 1. I asked how many could we get, since my other brother wanted 1 and one of my friends were thinking about it. He called back and said 1 and after looking at the playstation site for a bit, I decided that I wanted it. My brother came by and grabbed my keys and credit card and a hour later he showed up with my 20GB PS3. He said that everyone was getting very excited when the employee brought it out on the floor and that he ran to the truck to get out of there before he got jumped. I laughed.

After playing all three systems. I have to say if you are a true gamer, the only solution is to own all three systems, because each one has a good side to it. Overall I really like the 360 with the Xbox Live and the control and Gears of War, but the Wii has awesome controls with the wii-mote and Wii Sports and Zelda, but the PS3 has the greatest feature with the HDMI cable, 1 cable for your audio and video.

Fortune Cookie

I got this fortune with my meal today at Twin, wonder what it is trying to say. Those of you that know me, probably will get a chuckle with this one. Have a great day....

Wii

Target and Circuit City stores have Wii's in stock today. Also Circuit City is holding a sweepstakes to win a Wii, for 24 days they are giving 1 away, so get over to the contest for your chance to win one of the coolest Nintendo systems ever.

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Nintendo Superfan

I saw this video yesterday and I laughed since I stood in line for 17 hours for my Wii, but this man is insane. BTW Bob, you made me laugh when you sent this to me saying "I didn't know they interviewed you while you were waiting for the Wii..... Funny Bob, real funny.... This guy is seriously on crack.

Nintendo Wii Anyone

Experience a new way to play. Wii from Nintendo.