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My son in law is finishing his last semester of college. He’s a gifted man with many talents. His drive to exhibit these talents in his school work is sometimes set down his list of priorities just a little further than we ‘older, wiser folks’ would prefer. Imagine that.

It’s no secret that he likes really cool video games. Several weeks ago, my wife mentioned in passing that it would be nice if someone got something like an XBox 360 if their grades were really good. Of course, she mentioned this in a whimsical sort of way. She had no idea just how much these things cost. Nor did she know just how seriously a poor college student would latch on to a statement like that.

NO. Buying someone an XBox 360 for having better grades is nothing any impoverished college student would take lightly.

Several weeks ago, but after my wife’s life changing promise, my daughter mentioned to me, in passing of course, the greatness of this wonderful XBox 360 offer.

Oh, no problem I thought.

First of all, I can’t find one in a store anywhere. So, I got online and searched for a little.

Did you know an Xbox 360 with a couple of game pads, some storage, and a couple of games will cost you around $489 bucks?

When I saw that, I started calling Walmart and Bestbuy around the city. Apparently an XBox 360 is a matter of luck. I mean, they don’t even know when they will get one. And it’s first come, first served when they do come in.

Also, the Xbox 360 in the stores doesn’t come in the same packaged bundle.

You’ll notice in the left bar of this page that I have a link to some ads. Lots of people monetize their blogs this way. Among them is a link to Walmart. Since I get a percentage of everything that is sold through that link, I went to Walmart through my own link to see about the Xbox 360 cost and shipping if I did it that way. That would be like getting a built in rebate. At the very least it would cover my shipping.

Guess what. It is there. It is available is several packaged bundles, and shipping was much cheaper than I expected.

Well graduation is right around the corner now. I guess I’ll have to suck it up.

Now, I’ll just need to find out which games he wants with his bundle. It must be nice having such a wonderful wife and amazing father-in-law.

Maybe I’ll get the thing and play it a while before I give it to him. I like video games too. Hmm, maybe I should just get the games I want to play. Could he complain?

Regards.

I realize each culture has developed a certain set of things that we don’t consider appropriate to do in public. Many of these are based on common moral values consistent within most societies. Others are considered appropriate among a smaller group, perhaps a nation, a global region, a religion, or an even smaller set of people bound by a common affiliation or tradition.

The point is appropriate behavior varies greatly from one group to another.

Ok, most of us have a belief system that we use to dictate our choices in life and how we feel about others and their actions. Our belief system is largely comprised within the boundaries set by appropriateness with the group where we function.

The separation between our groups is easily defined by these variations. They become the markers of our cultures, religions, and of all such groups. Indeed, these divisions are the lines that form the groups.

So, the groups are perpetuated by the very things they teach. Without the tradition, the group ceases to exist. Without the group, the tradition ceases to exist. A culture is the epitome of a self sustaining cycle.

Yes, we are as exact a copy as our group could make us.

What then of the individual? I mean, the deepest color blue, that you were born to be, seems altogether dark gray as expressed through the filter of your group. How do we strike a balance that propels our unique qualities to the greatness of their potential without pressing the boundaries of our group toward annihilation?

Well, we can’t. The developing structure of a group, indeed the reason we have more than one group, is the stretching and extremes that are inherent when blue shines forth as the bluest blue it can be. We call these people among us, leaders.

Let me pose this to you. Are you being gray or blue? To be plain, are you fake? To what degree do you color yourself for social acceptance?

I’m fully aware that the eccentric aren’t often followed as leaders. You can’t be extremely blue in a gray society without developing some blue-gray along the way. That is to say: you have to build a bridge from gray to blue for anyone to see it in a gray world. There are no leaders when no one follows.

The challenge is to shine. Broadcast your own kind of weird to the world so they can understand it and grow. Maybe I should have said, “your own kind of unique” instead of weird. But, it sure makes it blue. Doesn’t it?

Regards.

Completing a sudoku puzzle can be tough, but the rules for sudoku are very simple.

Sudoku is made of nine by nine squares that are subdivided into a three by three set of squares. To solve a sudoku puzzle, enter a number from 1 through 9 in each square, so that:

Each row across contains each number only once.
Each column up and down only contains each number once.
Each subdivision only contains each number once.

The Japanese name, sudoku can be roughly translated “numbers singly”.

Sudoku will appear as: Su Do Ku, Su Doku or Sudoku. It is mispelled VERY often. You will find many more resources under sodoko, soduko, suduku, and other variations and mispellings.

Here is the best Sudoku online I have found anywhere.
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It even has a timer. You can save and upload puzzles. And it has a test mode and help mode. Have fun. Play as often as you like.

Your Free Sudoku Puzzle (Click create button.)

You cannot change the given numbers. They are arranged to have only one solution to the puzzle (in a good sudoku puzzle).

In order to save your game, just click the button. Highlight the text. Save the text under the name you want for your sudoku puzzle. To load it again, just copy it from the file where you saved it and click the load button above and paste it back. It’s simple.

Here’s a better FREE really professional version CLICK HERE to download it and play it on your computer. Just scroll the left list down to it. To play it online for FREE, CLICK HERE. Just scroll down the right side list down to it.

Also CLICK HERE for this great online sudoku version I’ve found above on its own full page. Likely the best online version I’ve found to learn how to solve sudoku puzzles.

Sudoku can be extremely addictive. Sudoku became really popular in 2005. There are books upon books of sudoku puzzles.

If you can’t spell, notice its free sudoku, not free soduko, free suduku, or free sodoko.

It is easily placed in a wordpress post.

Regards.

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