I made the Switch

I’ve jumped in! I’ve slipped on the proverbial black turtleneck. Yes, I’m a switcher!

About a month ago I decided that my large, hot lead-brick-of-a-laptop, otherwise known as my HP Pavilion ZD8000, was getting a bit “long in the tooth.” On a hot July day, in my air-conditioned home office, it decided to to test my patience by overheating and shutting off without warning in approximately 10 minute intervals. My only thought, “Time to ship this sucker away!” Fortunately, my “brick” belonged to my employer. So, I asked for a new laptop; and I asked for a MacBook Pro!

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Well folks, from the mouth of babes — my babe anyway, “It’s sterile & lacks character!” I guess you can’t please everyone all of the time.

What she doesn’t know is that I plan to skin it one of these days. That interprets to, of course, “I’ll start in two months, do half the job, and finish 3 months later when I’ve run out of Star Trek episodes to watch (from our newest season DVD collection) and I drank too much Coca-cola that day (or night.)

Personally, I thought this was a pretty slick out-of-the-box theme. What do you guys think?