The cat’s out of the bag, and the verdict’s in: No one has a clue as to why a company called Apple keeps pumping out releases named after Large Felines. We’d think that logically, there’d be a Granny Smith, a Washington, etc. Nothin’. All cats...

I haven’t made the jump yet to the new OS, but I’m going to. Eventually. When I get that new computer I keep talking about. And talking about. And talking about. Eventually I’ll get one. Soon enough. The next time they upgrade the lineup. For real this time. No, I mean it.

No but really I do. We’re doing well-enough financially that I think we’re going to go credit-happy and splurge on some things we want. We’ll both get new computers, selling my current one and doing something else with hers (not spoiling the surprise, sorry). I plan on also getting some new camera equip, which will run me probably about $3k by the time I’m done, which now that I think about it ain’t all that bad! I’ll have two top-tier lenses, a decent body, and a nice bag to carry it all around it.



A Different Bag?
Yeah, I changed my mind about which bag(s) I want in my arsenal. I wanted to find an all-in-one solution. This solution had to be able to fit my camera with the longer of the lenses attached (as that’s what I shoot with most frequently), my 17” Laptop, and have a space for the hiking day’s essentials, namely jug of water for the dogs, a small bowl (again for the dogs), and maybe a light jacket or something.

Doesn’t exist. I can’t find it. I knew I’d be paying for a bag of this caliber, but I figured if it could do all I asked, I could use it as my hiking bag as well as my all-around bag, but the damned thing just doesn’t exist. Plus, I figured that more than likely, I’ll not want to have my Laptop with me when on a hike. Because, I fall, computer go boom, not only am I out a laptop, I’m out all the info on it. Boom.

Yeah I know I should back up more often, but even with the aforementioned release of Leopard and it’s now-famous Time Machine, if you read between the lines you know that right now it’s been crippled from its initial scope. Booh! Hey I try to get around to it, it’s just a pain. I know I know, I should just step up, but hey… I’m lazy.



This just in: Baseball sucks
The World Series of Baseball (which, with the exception of a couple Canadian towns, is entirely a US affair. Strange…) just finished. I noticed only because I was out to dinner at a restaurant that had it going on the TV. And. They. Wouldn’t. Turn. It. Off. So I had to suffer through endless replays of a double play. Endless. Endless, I tell you.

Look, I’ll play baseball, just ask me. Hell, I’ll play badminton. I’ll play Barbie if there’re rules and competition. But watching it? Yawn. Why does a game that contains 15 minutes of action require a 3-hour time slot?

And before anyone tries to even form a thought about football and replays, yes there’s replays in football, but only the exceptional plays get it, and only once, maybe twice if it’s an issue of questioned call (was he out in bounds? Both feet?) Baseball just beats every play to death like 4 or 5 times, because there’s just too much dead space to fill up. And it is for this reason that I cannot watch baseball if I have an option otherwise. There’s not enough action, and too much crotch-grabbing. And coming from me, that’s saying something. Cuz I’m a crotch-grabber, is what I’m sayin’.



Having said that…
Congrats to the Boston Red Sox. Now all of you! Go play a real sport!

Peace.

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