For a relaxing weekend with not much going on this one has been quite entertaining. For the sake of not doing a total weekend round up, I will do a quick top 5 instead - some of which is gaming relatand some of which is not.

5 - I dove back into Super Mario World on the Wii's VC. The goal is to beat the entire game, finding every secret land, and hidden level along the way. I had begun this probably a year ago and then got side trackeand hadn't played it in a long time. I knocked out about 2/3rds of the game this weekend. Reliving memories past and remembering why i think this is the best Mario Game of all time, which in turn would put it in the running for best game of all time in my book.

4 - KU Basketball - The Jayhawks beat Oklahoma State this weekend moving to 8-0 in conference play. A year after winning the national title and losing 80% of last years scoring to the NBA you can't really ask for much more than that. Just proves that big time programs don't often rebuild, they usually just reload. Up next for the hawks is a road game against Mizzou, in the Border War. This is truly a hated rivalry. Afterall not many rivalries actually stem from an actual war. I don't have a good feeling about this road game on national television, but KU has surprised me often recently.

3 - I have put in some time on the Wii Balance Board. I am optimistic of the future for this product after diving into Shaun White Snowboarding for 3 consecutive days. The story is a little juvenile, which is somewhat expected and not a big deal, but the game play especially on the balance board is solid. It is tough, but fair, and the learning curve seems about right. As i have progressed through the game the chanllenges have gotten tougher and my abs have paid the price. Overall i am pleased with the overall game experience in this one to date.

2 - Dinner at the Hereford House. It is about the cream of the crop in terms of steak houses in Kansas City. That is truly saying something because KC has its fair share of good steak houses. I had a 9 oz Filet on Friday that practically melted in my mouth plus a twiced baked potato, salad, bread, carrot cake, the whole deal. It was easily the best meal I have had so far this year, and what is usually about a $75 dinner was on the house as it was covered with xmas gift certificates.

1 - The number one moment of the weekend was the late showing of Coraline in 3D. I went in with high expectations of this movie, and was not disappointed. The movie was unbelievable. It was creepy, the story was entertaining, and the animation was unreal. If you are at all interested in animation go see this movie. You will not be disappointed.

That is about it. There are several other items that fell just short of the list. I played quite a bit of Tiger Woods on the Wii - It is highly addictive and I am befuddled that it took me 2 years to get into the game. It was 75 degrees hearyesterday - that is uncommonly warm for Kansas City in February, but i am not complaining. An old high school buddy is back in town for a few days from North Carolina. We are going out tonight to catch up on old times and drink too many sunday night beers.

All in all it was a great weekend in which nothing was planned, and really nothing special really happened. Just one of those weekends that makes you appreciate life.