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Angela is the winner of the Noobie “I want a Wii” Giveaway and has won a brand new Nintendo Wii game console.
Angela is currently retired and excited to let her grandchildren play with the new Nintendo Wii game system. “My granddaughter has really been wanting the Nintendo Wii and the timing of this is perfect–just in time for Christmas.”
Congratulations, Angela!
The Washington Post wrote a poignant little article about strategies for Job Hunters who are parents. It discusses the challenges of your income offset by the escalating cost of childcare.
Science Daily pointed out that one-in-eight educational programs for kids is not of high-quality, it makes some eye opening observations. Meanwhile, the mainstream media industry seem to be sparking up the annual argument whether television in general is melting our children’s’ brains. Reuter’s sources claim that too much TV, web and video raises children’s’ odds for smoking and obesity while sources of the Detroit Free Press tries to take a more moderate stance arguing there are positive (or not so harmful) aspect to moderate amounts of education-based programs for children.
I find bits of truth in both articles and they both raise valid questions about each side of the fence, which will give my wife and I something to ponder when we are enjoying that third cup of coffee at the kitchen counter (at 8am) while the boys are plunked in front of Sesame Street for a few minutes while we catch our breath.
A Inland Empire local newspaper, The Press-Enterprise, did some investigating for toxic/unsafe toys that are on the shelves this holiday season. I will try to mention as many of these types of reports as possible. They named these toys; Silly Fish Squirters(Toysmith), Pony Land Scented Pony Pet (JA-RU Inc.), Red Plastic Super Car (Four Seasons General Merchandise) and I would like to add a warning for any toy made by OKK Trading (they’ve had numerous recalls this year alone).
As a side note, sign-up for the Wii Holiday Giveaway! It’s pretty straight-forward, we teamed up with Noobie to offer a chance to win one of these hot consoles retailing for $250. Contest ends on December 12th and no, you’re email address is not redistributed or sold to third-party vendors.
The Nintendo Wii is one of this year’s hottest items. And if you’re lucky you might be able to get your hands on one. That is as long as you don’t mind standing in line before the stores open praying they won’t sell out before you reach the front of the line.
That’s why meta-DAD has teamed up with Noobie.Com and is excited to announce we are giving away a brand-new Nintendo Wii, valued at $250, this holiday season as part of Noobie’s “I want a Wii” contest. All you need to do is fill out the form below for your chance to win. That’s it, no purchases, surveys or other trickery.
Of all the consoles out there, I personally think the Nintendo Wii is the best choice for families with young school-aged children. Developers of games for the Wii have done a great job at putting a focus on great gameplay and the novelty of the revolutionary Wii remote has stuck. The people have voted and the Wii has won with games like Super Mario Galaxy
IMPORTANT CONTEST INFORMATION:
Noobie’s “I want a Wii” contest will end on December 12th, 2008 at 11:59 P.M. ET. The drawing for the Nintendo Wii will take place on or about December 14th, 2008.
By entering your name and email address the fine folks at Noobie have assured me that your information will not be sold or given away to any third party companies (i.e. spam), so fire away and enter with ease. Heck, get Grandma to enter, too! I guarantee she’ll love the bowling on Wii.
Noobie.Com specializes in teaching beginners how to use their technology gadgets. Think digital cameras, iPods, DVRs, cell phones, etc.
Tags: family fun, games, technology
Well, there was not a winner.
The Questions and the Answers:
Sited Links:
Wikipedia | History of Christmas
With the holidays in mind, I have hand-crafted some word puzzles with the theme of Christmas. Whoever answers the question correctly will win a copy of Spider-Man 3 video game (either for PS3 or Xbox 360).
The Rules: Unfortunately, this give-away only works if you are in the United States – sorry Canada, sorry Mexico, sorry rest of the planet, nothing personal, I’m just not interested in paying too much for the postal. If you’ve ever won something from a metaDAD Giveaway please sit this one out. Let’s see how it goes. I will post the winner by Friday, assuming someone gets it.
The Questions: These should be easy -
Best of Luck Moms and Dads…
Tags: holidayspal·in·drome [pal-in-drohm] noun
a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I’m Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
Biochemistry. a region of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides is identical with an inverted sequence in the complementary strand: GAATTC is a palindrome of CTTAAG. [Source: Dictionary.Com]
I was thinking, “Mom, Dad” but “Poop, Dad, Poop” works for me.
Congratulations! Enjoy playing Ultimate Spider-man (Limited Edition)!
