{"id":373,"date":"2009-07-08T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T22:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/07\/my-new-addiction.html"},"modified":"2009-07-08T22:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-08T22:59:00","slug":"my-new-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/07\/my-new-addiction.html","title":{"rendered":"My New Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Hi, my name is Major Mom and I have a problem.”<\/p>\n

“Hi Major Mom!”<\/p>\n

I’m addicted to a silly little game on Facebook<\/a>. It’s called “Bejeweled Blitz” and Facebook went and made it interesting by turning it into a challenge against my other Facebook friend<\/a>s. So if I hear about one of my friends beating my high score, I’m on Facebook trying to beat him or her.<\/p>\n

Unlike the classic game “Bejeweled<\/a>” that’s available on the web, the version on Facebook is timed. So it’s as many jewels as can be cleared in just 1 minute.<\/p>\n

I’ll spend HOURS on this! It reminds me of how I was with Tetris<\/a> back in the late 80s\/early 90s! A lot of it is luck, but there’s quite a bit of skill involved, too. I think Dave was worried about me for a while because I had a period where I did this instead of, say, laundry, dishes, or cooking dinner.<\/p>\n

Jacob even plays this game now, but he prefers an untimed version on Popcap.com<\/a>, or else the version on the game on Webkinz<\/a>, where he can earn Kinzcash for his pets.<\/p>\n

So if you’re wondering where I am instead of blogging, I’m probably wasting my life away with video games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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