Occasionally I get pissed off. Today is one of those days. With all the Windows XP hoopla running around something like this comes along. On Tax Deadline day, no less. As you probably know, we sidelined Ginny's XP machine and bought a brand new one that is super spiffy. Ginny is happy (thank God!). We did that because of the XP end of support. They said after April 8 you are screwed. So I read today the the IRS paid Microsoft half a million dollars to continue support for their machines for a limited time. Think about this. Where did those bastards get the money? They got it from the citizens of the United States (at least those of us who still pay taxes). The question to Microsoft is: why don't you make that support available to all the citizens of the United States? The IRS should insist on it. If Microsoft doesn't do it, let the IRS hammer them with audits until they do. The world seems to be spinning out of control. I don't really care as long as there is beer in the fridge and I can hang out with Ginny.