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1. Apparently there's another new unannounced iPod-related product arriving for me here on Monday. That would be Christmas Eve delivery, for those of you keeping score at home. They haven't told me what it is yet.

2. Based on the products I actually have seen, I'm getting progressively more excited about Macworld Expo by the day - some of which I'll be able to pre-announce to the world on January 3rd.

3. Anytime a company asks me to do something as ancient as print and fax a document, I automatically assume they're not ready for this decade.

4. I have yet to figure out whether they don't get NFL Network here or whether I just can't find it among the hundreds of channels they do get. Unfortunately, every TV listing service I've tried (Yahoo, TV Guide.com) has completely inaccurate listings for this town - something they haven't fixed going on about five years now.

5. Congrats to FAU, my alma mater or as close as I'll ever come to having one, for making it into a bowl game this season. I still remember attending their first painful loss a few years back, and the professor who pointed out that we'd someday get to take credit for being alumni.