The title of this entry will have nothing to do with the content, but I heard that line on "The Simpsons" a few nights ago and just had to use it.

So, the breakdown. I got my sorry ass out of my apartment this afternoon to go down to Circuit City in Dedham in order to pick up the MP3 player that I have been wanting so badly for the past 3 weeks. They had it in stock so I bought it and brought it home. This thing completely rocks my world! It has all the features that were missing from the first one I got just over a year ago, and some others on top of those that I didn't even think of but still kick ass! I can't wait for the batteries to charge (another really cool feature -- rechargeable batteries, the charger is in the unit so all I have to do is plug it in & it'll recharge itself) to take it out for a spin.

On my way home, I was listening to one of my two all-time favorite DJs (Geoff Charles on 94HJY from Providence) and he was talking about the alert for terrorist attacks that the government put out last week. He basically said that the government knew what day it would be (he said it was supposed to be on Halloween) but that they weren't specific because they were afraid that the terrorists would say "well, they know we're planning on striking on Wednesday, let's wait until Thursday/move it up to Tuesday instead." Also, he said that if the government named a specific day, Americans wouldn't venture out on that day but they'd live life normally during the rest of the week. So it made no sense to scare all of us into staying in bed all day for one day last week. Personally, I think he's got good points, but the fact remains that there's still the stark dichotomy in what our government is saying and doing. If the government doesn't want us to get worried about future attacks, then they just shouldn't say anything about any information. We're already so hypersensitive to anything that could possibly be construed as a terrorist act that telling us to keep our eyes open is just plain redundant. And if they need to explain the whole patrolling the bridges or whatever other actions they take, all they have to say is "As part of our ongoing efforts to fight further possible terrorist attacks on our country, we're taking these and other various preventative measures. So expect to see an increased police and federal law enforcement presence over the next few weeks/months as we attempt to run down whoever is connected with the 9/11 attacks as well as who's been mailing us all anthrax." That's all. End of story. No need to excite the rest of us and make the paranoid people run screaming about more bombings.

Man, 4:35 and it's already dark outside. Plus, it's been cloudy and damn cold all day. Talk about fall just suddenly dropping in on you. It's almost time to break out the hot chocolate and watch the Fireplace Channel on TV.