Not-so-Swell Season

Their music is my favorite of the last several years. I was overwhelmed by the movie and them- I was bummed by the movie's ending but now even more bummed by their real split. I am reassured they will continue to make music together (for now), but a good deal of that music's attraction is the palpable love it suggests and reflects. Those harmonies are orgasmic- to think they're going through the motions or hearing that music in a different context now is painful to me. Guess it didn't hurt Fleetwood Mac or many others- but my favorite YouTube clip is The Swell Season performing Dylan's You Aint Goin' Nowhere, and the entire time he can barely refrain from kissing her, she's so cute. Finally he does, mid-song, she blushes, and the crowd goes nuts. It's so sad that moment is over.

Windows 7 blabbers

How would anyone know yet when and if Windows 7 "works?" More examples of people blabbing about things they know nothing about. Gates retired as CEO; Steve sat out a keynote. Not quite the same thing.

I remember some Mac "journalists" claiming at first glance that Vista looked "fresh.." then we all quickly found out what a mess it was. Windows 7 may be better, but there's a much bigger problem, one that will persist- it's still spray-painted DOS. Unlike Mac OS X, which is a completely different OS than Mac "Classic," Windows is still Windows. And it requires annual subscriptions to the best and most anti-virus and spyware utilities you can afford.