It's an eight thousand word day for me ... and a new gadget. Maybe even two if you consider a $20 piece of plastic a gadet. I got a Coolpad for the iBook, a little tilting piece of PVC that will hopefully keep the iBook from melting the motherboard (very rare, probably my fault, and service - a complete motherboard replacement) was done under warranty in 48 hours.

The real gadget is on it's way. The same great dude that hooked me up with the iBook is now hooking me up with this year's hottest holiday gift , the iPod! I'll be using it a good bit for BPR, taking it full digital and giving me a chance to do the whole show from an iBook. Awesome power in these cheap technologies.

Hard at work on STP. I'll cross my first milestone and let the first batch out to editor/readers. I'm excited.

Kotsay deal? Doing a piece that will run on BP tomorrow, but I like the deal. I think the A's get more ... or rather, rid of TLong, but the Pads can afford him. I think the Pads are punting defense completely, which could be interesting.

More later, if I'm awake ... which of course, I always am.