Osler's Razor

We're having a great Christmas here in Michigan, celebrating under the portrait of "Day-After Santa" shown above.

Well, I should say, most of us are having a great Christmas. It hasn't been so great for one particular nephew, who was desperately hoping to receive Guitar Hero 3. Instead, due to some parental miscalculations, he received "Handbell Hero 3: Legends of the Liturgy." It features a simulation handbell operated by the gameplayer, who plays along with one Gladys Pemberton of the Morristown (NJ) United Church of Christ Handbell choir. You play your bell according to dots that pass by on the screen; because of the nature of handbells, one comes along only about once every 15 seconds or so. Mistakes are met with a mild reprimand by the choir director.

Hopefully, he will enjoy his other present more-- instead of "Halo 3: Combat Evolved," he got "[Holy] Halo 3: Combat Intelligently Designed."