Hype. Hype. Hype.

Kindle. Kindle. Kindle. That’s all I see in the news today. And what a great idea! I love it! But… here’s my fear. I buy it and it doesn’t do everything quite as well as it has been hyped. Close. Sure! But, not the whole enchilada. I don’t want to be disappointed, I want to be delighted. And when you see this kind of promotion, and if you buy into it…all the way; there’s a good chance that you will be disappointed. OK, so I’m a cynic. And I will wait for my sister to review it!

Books would be nice to read on Kindle, but I was more excited about reading the newspapers with it. Sitting in the coffee shop (the old railroad car next to the Chico Art Center) with a pot of Jamaican Red tea and the latest New York Times. How could it get any better than that?

And yesterday, while I was waiting for Laurae to get her hair cut, I sat down with a cup of coffee and the Sacramento Bee. All was fine until I noticed that I was reading a USED copy! I paid my money and took the second paper down from the top and I still ended up with a USED paper! Maddening… but if I had a Kindle, my electronic paper would be fresh and complete. And it wouldn’t turn my fingers black.

And speaking of books, I was in Chico today for my usual library run and I picked up a box of books to put in the truck, and right there, on top, was the book, Treason, by Ann Coulter. So what should I do? Toss it into the shrubs over there by the door? There were a couple of trash cans nearby as well. Was anyone watching? OK, I know I should have, but I couldn’t. Even when the author is an idiot, it’s a free country and she should be free to practice her idiocy. Although she doesn’t need much more practice… she’s got it down!