Having been in the computer business for nearly 25 (!) years now, you would think I already owned the most popular single gadget in history. Wrong-o. Got my first iPod last night from Sydney and Pammy. The mac-daddy, ultra-huge 60GB model.

Went out and got myself a Airplay FM transmitter also – at the suggestion of my buddy David Gagne. Now I can take every song (and picture) I have with me anywhere, and play them on any FM radio, including the one in my car. Even as a nearly 40 year old (in two weeks!), I have to say: BITCHIN ASS.

Flickr accouct created (I highly suggest you get the pay account – much more you can do with it) and photos are being uploaded forthwith. So go now, I say – and check out the Bakst Pictures.

Just saw King Kong with Pammy. 3 hours and 7 minutes. As usual, I dressed completely inadequately – shorts and sandals – for that much time in a cold theatre on a cold day.

Great movie though. Well cast, the effects were crazy good, Jack Black was excellent, and it was worth the time. PG-13? Hardly. If you think taking a kid to see this is a good idea, the part where a guy gets his head eaten by a big worm will change your mind for you.

Took Sydney and her friend Katherine (and Pammy, of course) to The Magic Castle in Hollywood. Very cool, as none of them had ever been. I’ve been many times, and was in fact a junior member when I was 14.

It’s a private club, and generally only open to members and guests over 21. Strict dress code of coats and ties for the men, cocktail dresses for the ladies. Unless it’s Sunday brunch of course, when there is no dress code, and kids are allowed. They got a real kick out of it. Right from the start, when you walk in – you have to say “open sesame” to a little owl, and the bookcase slides open for you to enter. There is Irma the ghost playing the piano, two close up rooms, and two stage rooms – and all kinds of other secret stuff to see. Very cool for the kids, and something different for the adults to do – especially for evenings.