{"id":3116,"date":"2009-12-30T14:03:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T19:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2022-06-09T07:20:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T12:20:31","slug":"wii-sports-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/wii-sports-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"This Counts as a Geo-Oddity, Right?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>That&#8217;s how I&#8217;ve been rationalizing it, anyway. Santa brought the kids a wii for Christmas this year. Normally I&#8217;m not a videogamer, far from it as a matter of fact. However, we got one little game that is quite addictive for a geo-geek like myself. 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