Moore's Movie

I'm not going to comment on the movie. I just had something that I really needed to say - which is: God bless America.

Why? In what other country could someone who works so hard against the "establishment" and professes an admittedly conflicting political view (re: other people making money vs. me making money) make so much money? What really has me laughing, is the way that he is encouraging the people at moveon.org to "participate." A lot of parallels have been drawn between 911 & Passion. The most common being "grassroots" efforts to turn out attendance. The most curious parallel is the "controversy" surrounding distribution of each movie. Of course, one movie had a difficult time being distributed and ended up the producer did it himself and the other movie's producer said there was a difficult time distributing the movie, when the deal had been locked a year ago.

That's all I've got to say.

Well, one more thing - check out this trailer for another movie, which if it shows up on screen near me I will see.

Mozilla Firefox

OK - I have done it - I've downloaded & installed Mozilla Firefox as a browser.

I'm tired of being paranoid about "accidentally" downloading something through IE6.0. I've kept windows patched, I've done the special updates for IE (if separate), I've done the special updates for Office, but I'm still worried. So, I'm going to try out this Firefox thing, and see if I like it. So far it isn't too painful, and I know that I always have IE to go back to (ever tried to uninstall IE?).

Off topic, I hate ants.

Senate Panel to Review Nielsen TV RAting System

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate subcommittee said on Friday it will probe the controversial new technology for measuring television audiences by Nielsen Media Research next month.
The "local people meters," electronic devices designed to replace the handwritten diaries used for decades to record local viewing habits, have come under fire from some lawmakers, News Corp. Ltd. and a coalition of civil rights activists who say it undercounts minority audiences.

I thought that it was done electronically - need more information on this "handwritten diaries" thing.

Condensed Coffee

I am intrigued by this concept - condensed coffee. A liquid that you add to hot water, and then enjoy. I wonder if it tastes as good as they say it does?

I'm not going to make the plunge just yet to buy...although I am missing my morning coffee.