The novelty of motion control quickly wore off for me after a couple of days of Wii bowling.

Since "novelty" means new, perhaps Wii bowling was a novelty, in the same way "Stanley Steamer" must have seemed novel, as is all emerging technologies. I'm not suggesting Kinect will be the breakthrough product, but it has promise in a transformational way in the world of digital media. I hope Microsoft executes well on Kinect, and that competition really pushes motion control to a new level.

To reduce it to annoying contortions is to miss the real potential, IMO. You may not like it, but I think many will.

Care to guess again?

Sure. My guess is: your dad wasn't involved in a conflict "so secret" that no one else knew about it--including the US and Vietnam governments, the American public, journalists, and every credible historian since. My guess is, your dad was jerking your chain, or you're making it up. Technically that's 2 guesses, but I'll take the liberty.

P.S. Floating around in the Gulf of Tonkin does not count as "conflict".