It's hard to take Tom Chick's comments seriously when he states up front that he's not the intended audience for the Wii Fit. I probably am - 50ish and somewhere between couch potato and good shape. I've had the Wii Fit a couple of days now (thanks Amazon!), and being able to exercise in my living room while getting feedback about my performance and having some fun with it is perfect for me.

It's done in the Wii style (a mutant alien baby voice tells you when to step on the board when you start an activity), but for me, the fact that it lets me select what I want to work on and it rewards me for spending more time with it are good design features, not deficiencies. I didn't expect a personal trainer in a box. I did expect something that would be fun, easy and motivating to get me focused on my fitness, and Nintendo has delivered that.

I think the Gourds' cover of Gin and Juice is the definitive blend of hiphop and bluegrass:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wCAM3C3dpIA

The Pythons were on to something with crunchy frog:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6uLfermPU

This is a great companion piece to John M. Ford's Damon Runyon version of Henry V or Harry of Five Points:

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/005235.html