This morning I heard (on NPR, what else?) about the Bush League wanting to look at google's records, as Bobert said above (glad to hear NBC covered it). Google, it seems, recommended a good short pier the Bush Babies could take a long walk on. Yahoo and MSN, though (at least from the way it appears at this point), are rolling over, licking shoes, and fetching sticks.

I was just wondering what sort of records google, yahoo, etc., keep. The Seattle Public Library, and as I understand it, most libraries around the country, are not complying with government intrusion into records because they don't keep records, unless they are very current. If you've placed a hold on a particular book, or if you have the book checked out, or if you owe a fine on a book, the library, of course, keeps a record of it, but once the book has been returned and all fines (if any) have been paid, the record is simply erased. No point, as far as the library is concerned, for keeping it.

I don't see any point in google keeping a record of the fact that yesterday I searched for more information on the Bruin Alumni Association story and read a couple of things including the Guardian story (by the way, thanks for fixing the link, Amos). Or that I spent a lot of time searching for precise measurements of classic guitar fingerboard dimensions and string spacing. I'm sure that is of great interest to those in charge of the nation's security.

(This man is obviously dangerous! He's a musician!)

Don Firth