Mom took the kids out shopping yesterday for Easter clothes (Mom, in an obvious display of favoritism, doesn’t make Alice wear hand me down nice clothes from the boys). While they were out, Corwin got a new Wii game, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, which he has been playing every permitted minute since then. Super Mario Galaxy — old. Guitar Hero — passé. No, only the very newest games will do for Corwin. He even lets Charles play him a little bit, because a second player can’t really hurt the first player and can be useful. I did make Corwin stop playing for a while so I could shred (being the kind of old fogey who plays a game all the way through before going on to a new one). Corwin became so anxious that he powered off the Wii on me in mid-play. As punishment, I gave up on playing and put in Super Smash Bros. and then let Charles play while Corwin watched. Vlad the Impaler has nothing on me.