How cool is the iMac?

Back in September, I bought a brand new iMac. It cost over $3000, but I saved up all summer, and I really love it! Over the holiday weekend, I was testing its built in camera. I got my 11 year old nephew and his friend to mess around in front of the camera. They staged a mock fight, then went off. I decided to fiddle with iMovie, and within a half hour, it had music and sound effects. It was so easy to do. The kids liked it so much that they did a sequel, which we choreographed, and then I burned them a very professional looking DVD with the iDVD program. I've had a Mac since the very first one in 1984, but this one is in a whole different league. I love it!

Despotism, properly scheduled

From today's Washington Post, "Elections [in Pakistan] were due in January, but when emergency rule was imposed, government officials raised the possibility of postponing them by as much as a year. The Bush administration has called for the vote to move ahead, and on Thursday applauded Musharraf's announcement. 'We think it is a good thing that President Musharraf has clarified the election date for the Pakistani people,' White House press secretary Dana Perino said in a statement."

[C]larified the election date!!!! The Bush administration acts as if Musharraf's trashing of their constitution was a simple scheduling problem?! I haven't been doing a lot of posting recently, but this just demands it! Probably the next time Blackwater kills someone unprovoked, the will say "Blackwater cleared up local misunderstandings."