Bing

Microsoft has done a good job with Bing. Like the part where in the new IE you can highlight a word, right click and kick off a Bing search on a new tab. Nice presentation of results. Note that by supporting Microsoft you are supporting AIDs workers in Africa, as a decent chunk of the company's shares belong to a charity. Don't know why Microsoft doesn't play that up more?

 

Also, by purchasing insurance from Geico, you do the same because about half of Berkshire is also held by the same charity. Let the overpriced "Earth" water from Starbucks go to hell. Give the capitalist way.

Pros and Cons of Fall/Winter

Cons

- Greatly reduced tennis. Sustained indoor tennis would require a monthly budget of 200+$.

- Switch to daylight saving time, and it starts becoming dark at 4pm.

- 2500 layers of clothing and day after day of mind numbing cold (its winter, duh!).

- Football season begins. Its all that everyone watches and talks about. Whats the fascination with 300 pound men running into each other at full throttle? Seems to be some modern day version of the Roman Coliseum where gladiators beat each other senseless.

- Around Christmas time every restaurant and shop starts playing the same Frank Sinatra Christmas CD and trust me, it gets to you after a while.

 

Pros

- Sitcom season begins. Family Guy. American Dad. 30 Rock. Parks and Recreation. Some good new ones too - Modern Family and Community.

- Holiday time! Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year....

- Skiing ?! Its super fun but need to get head count (not body count.).

- Improv season might begin if I decide to start classes again. Or, is it going to be Lindy in the Windy City?

- Chicago starts looking like a scene from the Batman movie, which is not particularly surprising as Batman Returns was shot here.