The 27 Things I Learned at Nerdtacular ‘08

I listen to a World of Warcraft oriented podcast called "The Instance" and this week one of the hosts had his annual "Nerdtacular" event. I also subscribe to his site's RSS feed, and he had a post on the feed titled "The 27 Things I Learned at Nerdtacular ‘08." All of this is a roundabout way of getting to the fact that when I followed the link from the feed, the first thing my eye caught on the page was:

"12. Handing a free Wii to a 11 year old kid is beneficial to the soul."

I don't know the back-story, here, or who the kid was, but the absolute truth of this statement just sort of struck me. I bet it's like giving gifts at Christmas, but even more so. The thought of some kid being so outrageously happy in that way kids do at receiving such a cool gift made me a tad weepy. 1 hankie