Midwest Geek

First I need those who are fans of the Mac, Macintosh lovers, Members of the Church of Latter Day Mac Users, or whatever you call yourself these days, For those who are not in the Steve Jobs Fan Club, you can skip down to the second half, which I have placed in bold for your viewing pleasure.

I want to buy a Mac AND I would like to buy a decent one without paying through the nose. Because here is the problem that I have, I picked up my current laptop for about $850 (that’s shipped) and it’s loaded nicely (15.4 WSXGA wide screen, ATI x1400, GB of RAM), however to get a Mac with a 13″ screen, slower video card, no built in modem, and smaller battery, I have to pay about $300 more.

But I know what you are going to say…”It’s a Mac, and MacOSX is much better then Windows!”

And that very well may be true, however I want a smaller laptop that I can take when on vacation backup photos on my camera, check email, and do a wee bit web browsing if needed. Since I already have a a couple of Windows laptops, I thought I would get a Mac instead. So my question to you wondrous Internet is, Does Apple ever run sales on their hardware? Any sites out there that might sell refurbished hardware at reduced prices? Anything at all to help a brother out??

Books!

Finished reading “Catcher in the Rye” over the weekend right before I went out and picked up “The Grapes of Wrath”. For some unknown freaking reason, Amazon again delayed the order, and let me know that I would receive my book in early January. Not. A. Chance. Amazon.

Catcher is so much different now, I think due to the fact that I was an angsty teenager the last time I read it. This time, being the old mean bastard that I am now, it seemed like so much whining. While I did enjoy reading the book again, it just wasn’t the same as before. I think at this point maybe there should be a cut off age to read it, well before 30 or the ownership of a Fidelity account. It seems funny that Holden was so bitter and angry about all the “phonies” in the world, and he doesn’t even know the half of it. He doesn’t know anything about “Corporate America”. I have placed it on the shelf in our study and I honestly think the next time the spine will be cracked is when my children become angsty.

Ghosts!

While I didn’t attend any cool Halloween parties this year, nor did I dress up, I would like to offer one bit of advice. When approaching a home with a silhouette of a Doberman Pincher in the front door, don’t be afraid, Dobermans are very friendly animals and the only reason he wants you, is that fact that he loves Candy Corn. We have already had one batch of children miss out on Snickers and M&M’s!