*fallzoverded* Great crescendo! And many life lessons in the series, good for you.

What a neat idea for a series - most enjoyable. We spent many hours playing Pong and it never occurred to me to characterize the paddles the way it did to the later figures like PacMan.

Another apt one. Some folks I know set up their lives like a series of obstacles or as they say, "goals," and chug from one plateau to the next. It seems better to quote Muhammad Ali and "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." IMHO.

Tee hee!

Oh prime one here, my friend. Many folks get super immersed in them and I don't know, if games become real life, then where do you go to escape real life?