A few months back, we all went over to a friend’s house to play the awesome video game, “Guitar Hero.” One of our friends brought her 4 year-old son over for the fun. He wanted to jam but clearly did not understand exactly how to play the game (seeing as he was only 4). Of course, he knew that hitting the buttons on the guitar would make something happen on the screen, but he did not quite follow hitting the right colors at the right times, etc.

So, we gave him a guitar that was not plugged in. He played nearly every song of the night, teaming up with whoever’s turn it was to play… only it was the older person with the guitar actually playing the game. But our friend’s son rocked out nonetheless, and still enjoyed himself immensely. And his “playing” did not make anyone have a lower score than expected. We just wanted to recount that story because we thought it was a clever and cute way to handle what could have been an awkward situation.

On a completely unrelated note, we just read this article about the recently fired Isiah Thomas. Apparently, Thomas has been assigned a new position within the Knicks’ organization as “advisor to the team” - only there’s one catch: he’s banned from having any contact with members of the team as part of his reassignment agreement.