I finally picked up my Christmas present.  After waiting an extra couple of weeks to see if Apple would announce an upgraded version at MacWorld Expo this week (they didn’t) I picked up my new iPod.

A 60GB iPod video.   First song on my new favorite gadget:  Comfortably Numb, by Dar Williams.  Comfortably ideal to describe how nice it is to have an iPod again.  Amy gave my last one to her dad when she went to visit him in Fiji.  I fully supported her desire to do this, because I knew that this day would come as well.  6 weeks without one was painful but worth the wait. 

What does it say about me that the indescribable joy of turning on a new iPod for the first time bears an eerie resemblance to holding a new born baby.  The baby is definitely better, but the feeling of holding that iPod in my hands was similar.  (more on this topic soon).

Now I am complete.  My essential gadgets are all here: iPod video, Blackberry, Motorola RAZR.  On the weekends, throw in my dirt lovin’ Nissan Frontier and my Garmin Rhino 210 GPS and I am happy.