Invite friends over = unlock xBox

While March break is not a holiday I grew up with, I can see the appeal. Many people bugger off to warmer climes, but as I am still ungainfully unemployed and Mrs Ottawacker is swamped at work, we stayed put in Ottawa. FFS.

We've maintained our strict 4 hours per week of xBox/screen time for the midget - although he has discovered the loophole. As we're keen for him not to be the social pariah we were as children, we allow him to play it when his friends are over: queue day-long "play dates" on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.

My leg has not improved. I'm hobbling around like Long John Silver with a bad case of woodworm.