Busy day; blog little. Three quick things:

1) Geologically, California will inevitably fall into the ocean. As far as I'm concerned, it already has and is trying to drag the rest of the country with it.

2) To upgrade from Windows 98 to Windows XP home costs $99.00. And if you have an older computer, it may not even run the upgrade. To upgrade from an earlier version of Mac OS X to the latest version costs $129, $30 more. Beta testers reported that it actually runs faster on older machines (like my Blue-and-White PowerMac g3) than previous versions of OS X. There's also no duplicitous product activation. So to all of the Mac users bitching that Apple doesn't have an upgrade price for Panther, quit whining. (Of course, I get it with a student discount for $69. HA-HA!)

3) UNSOLICITED, UNCOMPENSATED ENDORSEMENT: I purchased a subscription to The Nation, the first magazine I've actually subscribed to in a few years. It's worth every penny.