Full Moon this Weekend

and it's called the Eclipsed Full Moon in Capricorn.

Oh boi.

I did the unthinkable

I finally have an ereader and it isn't made by the company you might have thought. I am the proud owner of a Barnes & Noble Nook. This is what happened.

I got into work on Monday and checked Google Reader. Engadget had a story about a "new" Nook device. I read the story and saw the image of the WiFi only reader and that B&N confirmed the price drop from $259 to $199 for the original 3G one.

I said, "Well this is compelling".

My main reason for getting a tablet "like" device would be for books. Having access to multiple books with the ability to download free ones was just too nice to pass up.

Certain circumstance prevented me from getting the "tablet" device at a discounted rate, so I threw my hands up and decided to wait for the 2nd generation of that device and get the Nook. I'll pass the Nook to my mom. A while ago I asked her about the Kindle and she said it was too expensive ($399) but today I got a call from her asking how a Kindle downloads a book.

I have to say it's a great device. All the software updates have paid off and it's very responsive. The interface take some getting used to, but it isn't too bad. The fact that I can go online and send samples to it and go into Barnes and Noble and get discounts and free books is cool. I don't know when I'll pick up the PSP on the train again. Last night I went to Central Park to read (at least before it rained).

I'm reading...Breaking Dawn

A Winter's Tale - Free

Samples of...

Accidental Billionaires

Eat, Pray, Love

Government by Accident

and many more.

Sidenote: What I love about it is that I can connect to the B&N store where ever there's AT&T 3G service and there's no extra charge.

Racism or Stupidity

I'm am disappointed and saddened that a General would have the nerve to disrespect the President of the United States in Rolling Stone magazine. General Stanley McChrystal should be ashamed of himself. I'm going to get the issue myself, but even if the statements were taken out of context, you just don't say things like that about the boss, when you're a solider and your job is to take orders.

My definition of racism is about power one race feels over another. I believe this General thought his comments would hold weight and hurt the popular President. Looks like he was wrong and hopefully his God complex is diminished a bit. His special assistant has resigned and he submitted his own resignation. Good. If he had a problem with the President's orders, he should have resigned a long time ago. This kind of confusion and infighting does not help the troops or the American people.

Time to move on. President Obama can't tolerate actions like this. He can find another General to head the effort in Afghanistan.