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Dude, Where's My Country?

I just finished reading Dude, Where's My Country by Michael Moore. I bought it with Erica last weekend.

I thought it was pretty good. Certainly a quick read. He has some good ideas for winning the next election. At least about getting out and lending a hand to some good candidates. If I wasn't so lazy I might actually do that.

The most interesting thing in the book are the stats on where Americans stand politically. It's no surprise that most of us are more liberal than not. What he doesn't really talk about, or at least not directly, is the left's inability to get the vote out. That's the conservatives best weapon. They get their people to vote. If we could get more of the people to vote, would we ever have another Bush? I doubt it.

It's worth picking up if you lean his way, but of course, take everything with a grain of salt.

New Toys

My boss received a T-Mobile Sidekick as a Christmas present. As the tech guy, I''m setting it up for him. I want one, I want one, I want one! If for nothing else than the spinning screen. With the data only plan only costing $30 a month, I may just have to get it. I live by my email and how great would it be to be able to get it anywhere.

I do have one question about it though. When it grabs your email, does it leave a copy on there server? This is a must, I don't want my email spread all over the place. I would just play with it and find out, but I'm still waiting for it to "Activate". How long does this take? I need to play with the toy.

I'm also curious about using it to blog. I wonder if I can view the Movable Type application with it? I know some people have set up email blogging with MT, but I'm not sure I have the time to do something like that.

More Christmas Gifts

Thanks to my sister Peg and her husband Ryan I have even more songs to buy at the iTunes Music Store. I don't know if I can think of that many songs. Thanks guys. Now I just need a new iPod to fit all this new music on. My poor 20 gig just can't handle it anymore.

If my family is any sign, I think Apple's iTunes Store is going to have a good Christmas season.

As a side note, this is the first time in years I've had to use a dial-up account, and it sucks. Where's my DSL Modem?!