You've got to be kidding me.

I was checking the Apple site to see when my new iPod Shuffle was shipped and saw the most absurd thing. The shipping method was "DHL/US Postal". And what does that mean? It means that DHL was paid to truck my package from Elk Grove, CA to Union City, CA and then hand off the package to the Post Office distribution center. Google tells me that's about 105 miles, so they pay DHL and then DHL gets a branded mention because Apple got some discount?

CDs listened to today:

• Marie Barker Nelson: Hodeeyaada
  
• The Spinanes: Manos
  
• Charles Wuorinen: String Trio
  
• Edmund Rubbra: Symphony No. 4
  
• Various Artists: Awesome 80s, disk 2
  
• OK Go: Oh No