Saturday, June 06, 2009
W?T?F??
Ok. So, in preparation for getting a Kindle, (note: I had ordered one previously but thought it was coming via UPS not USPS so gave them the shipping address to where I live which the post office does not deliver to so it got sent back. I’m now looking at the Kindle DX), I started downloading some of the free books online and came upon a list called, “Banned Books”.
Kids, you can not believe the shock I am going through reading this list. The Call of the Wild? BANNED? For what? Silas Marner? Wha...? We had to read that book in high school, why the fuck is it banned? Huck Finn? Tom Sawyer? Who are these people that ban these books? And what in God’s name is wrong with them?
Stunned. Absolutely stunned at the stupidity of certain people who think they can decide what is and is not best for everyone else on the planet. Get a fucking life, assholes.
In other WTF news, it has been storming all afternoon and evening and for the past few hours, every so often, I’ve been hearing this sort of chirping noise. It sounded almost electrical. Naturally, my imagination ran wild. See, I have some issue with some outlets on one side of the place. I only have four things plugged in on that one side, (clock, t.v., dvr, router), and the whole side will shut off making me have to hit the reset button on the outlet in the bathroom. This happens about once a week and I’ve asked around to all the geniuses around here and have been told not to worry about it. I envision my house going up in flames.
So, I hear this electrical chirping sound and with the lightning and all that going on outside, like I said, my imagination has been going in to overdrive. I’ve been sitting here on the bed looking up all kinds of shit on the internet today and periodically the sound starts but by the time I get off the bed and go to where I think the source is coming from, it stops. Aggravating as all hell, let me tell you. Images of the place exploding or going in flames or lightning jamming through an appliance are swirling around my mind while I try to figure out what the hell this noise is. Is it some sort of warning? Should I turn everything off? Am I going to get electrocuted? Am I going to be homeless this evening? What IS it?
Finally, hours later, I have discovered that the noise is not electric chirping. It’s insect chirping. Some little shit ball insect has snuck in to my house and is sitting by my laundry hamper making chirping noises. Every time I moved, it would stop. Bastard. All that angst. For nothing!
Anyway, does anyone out there have an ebook reader? I’ve been looking at all the different types and it looks like the Kindle is the best. Mainly because the price of their books are way cheaper than books you can get from, say, Sony. That means that even though I’d spend about $50 more on the Kindle initially, it would so pay the difference in books over the, say, Sony. But I’m still curious if anyone has one and what their thoughts are on these things.
It’s going to be a little bit before I get the Kindle. But I’ve been wanting one for some time and like I said, I did actually order one but it got sent back due to my misreading. And now the DX is out and I like that it’s bigger and even though it’s more expensive, I want it. But, I’m also afraid to spend that kind of money when any other reader is just as good or better or, above all, the thing is going to break on me within a month. (Been reading some of the reviews.)
Anyone? Bueller? Something oo oo economics?
