What is this hold Pokemon has on my son?

Sometimes I wonder, what is it about Pokemon that my son finds so fascinating? He and his friends can play for hours, with the cards, the video games, their imaginations...the characters have different attributes, strengths, health points and more. I can't keep it all straight. I try to play and I just glaze over after about 5 minutes. I can't keep all the information straight, and I would prefer to going back to playing Candyland. Does this make me a bad mom? I don't know. Do any moms get this game and play it with their kids? I've seen a few girls into Pokemon, at the Pokemon regional championship in Wisconsin Dells this past year, there were probably 10-20% girls, (and women), the rest were boys (and men). Is it something with the way our minds work? I know men and women are genetically very different, I've seen it in my own kids. Pokemon "battles" bring out something in my son...is it like 30 years ago when my brothers played Cowboys and Indians, (which no one can play anymore, because like everything else, it isn't politically correct). So my brothers would play cowboys and indians, and my sister and I would play "ranch" where we put our Barbie dolls (don't get me started on Barbies and girls sense of self worth...) onto my sister's horse statues and pretended they lived on a ranch.
My sister was always "Pam" (popular girl's name, for sure).
Now, years later, as grown women, my sister has her own horse, and I have low self esteem. Coincidence? I think not! So, my son loves Pokemon, even though I know it's marketing and big companies trying to get our money...I can't help but marvel at how much joy he gets from playing the game with his friends. And it helps him work on his social skills, that's for sure. Also, he reads the cards and memorizes the facts and statistics, so it can't be all bad, right?
Right?
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If my dog had a credit card...

I was at a Birthday party yesterday, and we were talking about how the credit card companies inundate you with offers when you are between the ages of 18 and 24. It's like they know you're going to go into debt over spending and charging things you don't really need and can't really afford. And then you'll be paying them interest for 100 years. My sister in law said that she thought it would be pretty easy to get a credit card for your dog. So last night as I was falling asleep, all I could think about was what would my pets charge if they could? I wonder if they would surprise me...
I think Skippy, my little rat terrier mix mutt rescue dog would go nuts charging dog treats, toys, big, comfortable furniture and warm, soft blankets. I think my old sheltie, Fletcher, would probably just charge food, he seems pretty easy to please, I can't think of anything else he would want. My pushy cat, Milo, would charge a lot of catnip, cat toys, cat treats, cat trees, little fake mice, (maybe some real mice), and some high quality cat food. My shy, quiet cat, Minnie would probably not charge anything. She never asks for much, just a warm bed and some food occasionally. Who knows, maybe they would surprise me. I know Milo loves to bird watch, would he order some fancy bird feeders and have someone install them outside the kitchen window? Would the pets leave and find new owners if they could? I like to think we treat them pretty well, and I think they're happy here. But who really knows what they're thinking? It's funny how they each have their own personalities, and we give them human descriptions, as if they were humans. The dog whisperer (that Cesar guy on tv) would probably not approve.
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Too tired for blogging...

Too damn tired for blogging. so I've decided to just list things that I can't quite wrap my brain around. Sometimes, if I concentrate really hard, these things make sense to me, but for the most part, I can't comprehend...
Why Paris Hilton is famous...why people think the Three Stooges were funny...Why the middle class gets so ripped off as far as taxes... How does oil get turned into gasoline...html and cgi coding stuff....How do birds know where to migrate to, (or butterflies for that matter)... Can you or can't you teach an old dog new tricks? Why do people not bother to vote, and then complain about the state of politics...How come hot lunch at school always sucks... why do people say "I don't mean to gossip..." or "I don't mean to offend you..." and then go ahead and do it anyway... If they can put a man on the moon, couldn't they invent a more comfortable mammography... Daylight savings time... it costs more to make a penny than a penny is worth, why are they still making them (are they still making them?)... Bullies... kid bullies and grown up bullies... electricity...algebra...lots of stuff...
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