“‘Similar analysis strategies are applied for the peptide mapping of glycoproteins’,” I read aloud to stymie my daughter. I should note that it may become apparent in the near future why I’m reading about glycoproteins, but humor me for a while. “What in the world are glycoproteins? I have no idea.”

“My neither,” she replied. “I think it’s like a dishwasher.”

Look at stupid me. Just look what I did in my discussion of my new toy, Rock Band for the Xbox 360.

If only there weren’t rumbles of less than reliable hardware. The guitars have strummers that seemingly inevitably screw up and the “overdrive” doesn’t kick in consistently. The bass drum pedal snaps in half. The drum heads start not responding. People that can’t sing use the mics. I admit to being a bit worried about the longevity of the hardware, but it certainly hits the right balance to provide a simply astounding level of happy happy.

See that? I summoned the hardware failure! I have no one to blame but myself. So there I am trying to get through the Hard difficulty on guitar and I’ve got a steady stream of 16th notes. No fret movements required, just hold ‘em down and strum. I can do that. Except the guitar wouldn’t let me. I could string together maybe 6 or 7 but I’d inevitably lose my run even though I know I’m strumming consistently and in-time.

I certainly will not be mentioning anything about my recently acquired Mass Effect game, nor will I so much as allude to my bass kick pedal.