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Yesterday, I made a quick stop at a used record store on the offhand chance they'd have a particular Cd. They did, so... score, but had it not been there, I planned on downloading the album, something I don't do very often. In my pre-internet days, I would have -- depending on how important I deemed the album -- gone to another store. For the past decade, when I couldn't find what I wanted, I just ordered it from Amazon. Having an iPod makes downloading an entire album more of an option, now, though I still like having the hard copy.So my question is, what percentage of your record collection is entirely digital? Do you even buy Cd's anymore?

I wrote this yesterday afternoon on my Vox page:I'm perusing the gossip blogs, trying to find a civil enough discussionregarding the latest Britney fiasco when I realized I have no rightparticipating in one, civil or otherwise. I follow the careers of a number ofartists who could -- or officially have been -- classified as mentally ill, butof course none of them have achieved Britney-level fame; ergo, their meltdownsare completely un-newsworthy.I spent a whopping three semesters as a broadcast student. The onlything I got out of it was the desire not to pursue a career in broadcasting.Watching someone become increasingly more unstable should not be deemed"entertainment." I think of all the people whose work I admire, and I thank dognone of them are famous enough to knock the Iowa Caucus off the front page withtheir latest trainwreck.