Many things demanded my attention today, but it was 70-something outdoors and so I showed them all a clean pair of heels. I went for a longish run-hike in Palmer Park, took the cats outdoors for an airing and in general wasted the day in creative loafing. Judge not lest ye be judged. You’re lucky I didn’t con you into whitewashing the fence.
If the economy perks up it’s because I bought some light groceries from Vitamin Cottage-Natural Grocers, not because I raced out to grab one of the updated iMacs or Mac Minis announced today. It’s just like the Black Turtleneck Mob to tempt me with shiny baubles after a week of herding dented and stained G4 and G3 relics from the digital tar pits. Get thee behind me, Apple.
It would be the height of stupidity for me to buy a new computer in these troubled times, working as I do in the publications industry, a career path with all the stability and longevity of a gig delivering nitroglycerin via pogo stick. So, naturally, I’ll probably do it. What the hell, it’s only money. Take out a loan, everybody does it. Dude, where’s my bailout? Surely I’m too big to fail. Just ask anyone who’s seen me in Lycra lately.
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I did not succumb today, but last week on eBay 2.66GHz 320GB 2G RAM for $1100. I guess the deals will get even better on the newly obsolete. Think of me as the little red guy on your shoulder …..
“…a career path with all the stability and longevity of a gig delivering nitroglycerin via pogo stick…”
With lines like that, I wish you a long and interesting career as a wordsmith.
Patrick,
As an ex-Apple-ista/Turtleneck’d evangelical(can one ever truly leave a cult?) I implore you to move towards the light.
It’s good for you.
It’s painless.
It’s fun.
It’s user friendly.
It’s virus free.
It’s good for the economy.
It has two cores.
You’ll be hip and the the great Job will smile and FTP a .pdf of his blessings upon you.
“Surely I’m too big to fail. Just ask anyone who’s seen me in Lycra lately.” I have learned to eat before reading your stuff. Otherwise I’d be spraying coffee out my nostrils when I read lines like that. I still think I’d like to see the results of mixing Patrick O’Grady with RAGBRAI for a week. The world’s best fodder for a mind that is wired like yours. What’s it going to take?