Each time a PlayStation 2 or Nintendo GameCube makes its way atop another television, or another family subscribes to an online game service, what passes for entertainment today--our movies and our stars, the Steven Spielbergs and Meg Ryans--fades just a bit, and we edge just a bit forward from our position as couch potatoes into couch possibilities.
Last week in Tampa, Meg Lanker-Simons, a blogger on assignment for Tumblr, caught up with former RNC chairman Michael Steele outside a branch of Wet Willies, a chain mostly known for its assortment of slushy alcoholic drinks.