What is the world coming to?

Firefox has been extremely obstinate lately. It often refuses to load Facebook, and is frequently slow with other sites. This is really a shame since it's my favorite browser and the one I have spent the most time customizing (maybe that's why it's so slow.) I have a portable version of Firefox 4 Beta installed and that is quite speedy, but there are a lot of my favorite addons that don't work with it. So partly in response to that, and partly due to a Lifehacker post about Opera Beta, I downloaded two new browsers, Safari 4 beta, and Opera 10 beta. I really like both of them and plan to use Opera's new "Turbo Mode" when I am in Minnesota on dial-up Internet.

Also partly due to a Lifehacker post decided today to try using Yahoo as my main search engine. I have been a dedicated Google fan for a long time, and I still like Google better, but I have been recently concerned (perhaps overly so) about Google's monopoly on my personal information. I use Gmail for all my email, Google Bookmarks for bookmarks, Picasa for pictures, Blogger for blogs, Youtube for videos, and Google Web Search for all searching of the Internet. This means that Google knows an incredible lot about me. Information they might like to sell someday. I also am planning on trying out Bing, Microsoft's new replacement of Live Search, as I have heard some good things about it (even though it's an acronym for "But it's not google.")

So, Firefox is fast dropping from place of favor among browsers, I am switching from Google Search, and considering trying out a Microsoft product by my own free will. Am I going crazy?

Answer in the comments.

I love the rain.

I guess I love how it rains everywhere. There are the torrential down-pours in Miami, that flood the street every day and end after fifteen minutes, then there are the mulitple day, soaking rains of the Midwest. Light rain, but for a day or two or three at a time.

The rain in Miami is awesome to watch and fun to run in. The Midwestern rain is refreshing and makes lots of mud.