GMail, etc.

Since Blogger is associated with Google, it makes a certain amount of sense that they would offer a Beta account for the Blogger community. The Gig of storage space is what potentially interested me, though I like varied and multiple email accounts anyway, so one more shouldn't make much of a difference. I like the interface well enough and I'm really not concerned about the tracking my email or things I get in my email. If someone really wants to read my email, they're going to find a way to do it. Unless I PGP encrypt everything, someone, somewhere (other than the intended recipient) is going to be able to read my email. I guess the big question for me is, who'd want to? I'm not rich, I'm not overly interesting once you get to know me, I don't work for any secret area of the government (any government) and the most interesting thing anyone is likely to find in my email is the spam sent attempting to entice me to increase or decrease the size of various body parts.

In other news, two of roommates (well, a roommate and her SO) acquired the crud that I had over the last week and something. I hope they recover more quickly than I did. It was quite unpleasant for me but then I also worked and taught through it not allowing for much down-time.

I received a couple of good bits of news yesterday (Monday). One of my roommates acquired a decent grant for schooling and a friend finally passed a kidney stone. I'm very happy for both of them.

Hmm. I think I'd best quit this and go to bed. 7:00 AM comes awfully early when you go to bed after 3:00.