I binged at Amazon.com this week. Oh, my. Did I ever. Books. CDs. DVDs. iPod’s 8G nano. A case. Lee Child (five of them — and I’ve never read him before; he better be good), Sasha White, Maria Giordano, Vikram Seth, and Brandilyn Collins for the books. The Kyle Eastwood CDs, including his new release Now (so new RealPlayer doesn’t have the track listings, and I had to enter them manually). The fourth season of Hogan’s Heroes and Million Dollar Baby rounded out the DVD selections.

The new nano? Gorgeous. (Remember, my old one only had half a usable screen, so it isn’t hard to thrill me.) I’m waiting for the iSkin folks to come out with the new case.

And my new refrigerator doors came this week. If you’re familiar with in-the-door ice dispensers, you’ll understand what I’m about to tell you. There’s a small flap that keeps the outside out and the inside in. When that flap doesn’t work, frost and more builds up inside your freezer. My flap got “tired” and would only close manually, and usually not tightly. After a brief discussion with my landlord, we agreed a service call from GE was in order. Imagine the pleasant surprise when I learned there’s been a recall, and GE would replace the doors at no charge to me (my landlord). I should be able to get them installed within the week. One of the cartons was damaged — I hope the contents were ok; otherwise, that will add an additional delay. I’ll let the GE guy sort it out.

There’s been entirely too much excitement this week. I think a feel an attack of the vapors coming on. I better go rest.