Sunday, July 17, 2016

POKÉMON GO

Have you heard about this new game called Pokémon Go? It seems to me that about half the country in America is already playing this new game. And the half that isn't playing now, will likely be playing soon. I know why I hadn't heard about this game until just recently - it was only released this very month on the 5th of July. I took a walk with my daughter yesterday around Chicago and at her urging I downloaded the game. I am glad to have a rudimentary idea about what this is all about - but I think I may be impervious to its charms.
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Pokémon Go is a free-to-play location-based augmented reality mobile gamedeveloped by Niantic and published by The Pokémon Company. It was released in July 2016 for iOS and Android devices.
The game allows players to capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokémon, who appear on device screens as though in the real world. It makes use of GPS and the camera of compatible devices.  (wikipedia)


This was an edited screen shot from the game...I thought this was a mildly amusing photo.
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The weather in Chicago yesterday was spectacular: temperature in the eighties, low humidity, under a  deep blue, cloudless sky. My daughter and I took a walk that was not completed until we had logged 8 miles. Among her rewards were a visit to a boutique Donut Shop and for some reason she decided that she wanted to taste a Big Mac. I have not eaten at a McDonalds for the past 18 months. Although I reminded my daughter that a Big Mac was not exactly health food - I allowed her to order one and bring it home to eat. This photo shows her biting into her first Big Mac ever. As long as it does not become an addiction like it did for me - I think that she will survive the experience. I am certain that my dinner was far more healthy. My wife prepared a delicious homemade lasagna. 
My daughter taking her first taste of a McDonald's Big Mac
(As long as this does not lead to an addiction that afflicted me, I think that she should survive the experience)
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On a walk with my daughter, I was not walking at my normal speedy(4.3 mph) pace. This walk was about shared time together. It is a wonderful thing that my daughter, at least somewhat, enjoys our long urban hikes.

I made time for a quick 97 minute session on the elliptical machine after dinner.

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Your Food Diary For:

BREAKFAST Calories
kcal
Carbs
g
Fat
g
Protein
g
Sodium
mg
Sugar
g
HOUSE RECIPE - OATMEAL 500 90 8 20 400 5

500 90 8 20 400 5
L U N C H
Read 4 Bean Salad 300 65 0 5 1,500 40
Corn Thins Organic 575 100 0 13 325 0

875 165 0 18 1,825 40
D I N N E R
Homemade - Lasagna 800 53 25 40 1,053 21
Sirloin Burger Country Vegetables 260 34 8 14 1,580 6

1,060 87 33 54 2,633 27
S N A C K S
DARK CHOCOLATE GINGER 300 51 12 2 9 44
Nestle 100 Grand - Candy Bar 190 30 8 1 90 22

490 81 20 3 99 66
Totals 2,925 423 61 95 4,957 138
Your Daily Goal 3,899 487 130 195 2,300 146
Remaining 974 64 69 100 -2,657 8
Calories
kcal
Carbs
g
Fat
g
Protein
g
Sodium
mg
Sugar
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*You've earned 1,969 extra calories from exercise today         
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Your Exercise Diary for:

Cardiovascular Minutes Calories Burned
146 1,249
97 998

   
Daily Total / Goal 243 / 30 2,247 / 590  
Weekly Total / Goal 1489 / 210 14,045 / 4,130             
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One of the 'stops' on our 8 mile urban hike today was the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool.  We visited this specific ledge that my daughter stood under many times over the years. Fast forward ten years to yesterday. Same Park, same rocks, same girl, different appearance.

circa 2006 (my daughter could stand straight under this ledge)
circa 2007 (at this age, my daughter could no longer stand under this ledge)
circa yesterday (It is hard for me to believe that this girl was once able to stand straight under this ledge)

Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, also known as Lincoln Park Lily Pool, is an example of Prairie School landscape architecture designed by Alfred Caldwell and located at 125 W. Fullerton Parkway (between Stockton and Cannon Drives) in Lincoln ParkChicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 6, 2002. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark on February 17, 2006. (wikipedia)
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with William Shakespeare, circa 2007
with William Shakespeare, circa yesterday
This statue of a seated William Shakespeare, designed by William Ordway Partridge, has been around for quite a while. It was unveiled in Lincoln Park, Chicago in 1894. 
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William Shakespeare..
by William Ordway Partridge [1861-1930]
Installed: 1894
Location: Lincoln Park: Grandmother's Garden..
On the base is inscribed Shakespeare's words from Hamlet..
What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty!
On the opposite side is Samuel T. Coleridge's words..
he was not for an age but for all time, our myriad- minded Shakespeare....


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one final (and wildly obscure) note about Pokémon Go...
The way that this game appears to be taking over America...
...reminds me of a specific episode from Star Trek The Next Generation that aired back in 1991.
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The Game 

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1 comment:

shoom said...

I was actually thinking you'd be great at this game as the more you walk the better you get...