Wii + Netflix = Bad for Blogging

Having a Wii has been a lot of fun.  A little exercise, a few games...really, for the most part, we've enjoyed it.

We got the Wii after we cut our cable back from the ultra-super-deluxe-HD & DVR cable package to basic, local-stations-only cable.  We cut our cable bill in half with virtually no noticeable effect on our lives, because we hardly ever watched TV anyway, and when we did it was usually on local stations.

Except for LG - she watched Sprout.  We were now left with no Sprout, which really just meant our collection of Thomas DVDs got used a bit more.  There were a few shows we enjoyed too, ones we liked to watch but rarely had time.  We haven't seen 24 in two or three seasons now (horrifying that we've missed them), we've missed two seasons of House, and I've missed half a season of Bones.  We started hearing from well-meaning friends that we really, really ought to sign up for Netflix so we could watch whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted, all streamed conveniently to our Wii.  So, finally, after a few weeks of this, I gave in and signed up for the free two week trial.

So far, so good. We got our Wii disc in one business day, as promised.  Our Wii was already set up for Internet access, so no problems there.  Sure enough, within moments of getting the disc, we were able to watch TV shows and movies magically sent to our TV via our Wii.

And that, in short form, is how we ended up watching Thomas episodes we somehow haven't acquired yet.  And how, instead of blogging last night, I ended up watching the first two episodes of Knight Rider.  Who doesn't love a service that can serve up everything from Thomas and Clifford to Knight Rider and Quantum Leap with the touch of a button?

That doesn't explain the rest of the week - we won't talk about the nasty cold I had - but it's much more fun to just blame it on the Wii, anyway.