Word: using
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...attempt to cover it with loose papers and my jacket. Third, I could take my laptop into the bathroom and try not to drop it. Yet, should I not have a fourth option? Should I not be able to leave my laptop open, leisurely stroll to the bathroom, use the hand dryer twice, check e-mail on the way back and not worry about my laptop mysteriously disappearing from the desk...
...before we continue with our made-for-TV melodrama, it may behoove us to take a step back, and use the time during which we are waiting for election results to be finally determined to take a close hard look at how we have conducted ourselves in the United States in the last few days, with our claims of "foul play" and "election mismanagement." Before we continue to chastise one another for being "obstructive of the will of the people," and for claiming that each party has "made a mockery of our fair election laws," we should pray for those...
...send e-mail, without the complications of a full-fledged PC--but the Gateway Connected Touch Pad ($599) drew the biggest crowds. It has a touchscreen, so you can pick it up like a notebook and write directly on its screen with a stylus. While it's easy to use, it's also technologically cutting edge: a low-power Crusoe chip gives it extra-long battery life, and instead of Microsoft's Windows it runs the crash-proof operating system Linux. Needless to say, Bill Gates was not spotted admiring this...
...tricky posture. Monday, the Bush camp was denied the use of the official White House transition office and the $5.3 million that comes with the keys, and was forced to make noises about opening one of their own. Word was out that Colin Powell, Bush's presumptive secretary of state, felt it was too early for his name to be added to the transition list that now includes Dick Cheney as head of the transition and Andy Card as chief of staff. But like the upcoming Supreme Court hearing that Bush asked for and is now pretending to have forgotten...
...also have Christmas shopping to do, and we want a president one of these days. Bush, in his quest to speed up the clock, is in perfect position as a candidate who ran as "a uniter, not a divider" - and it sure looks like America could use some of that, even if it has to swallow some nagging questions...