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Time and money. That's what I did today. I wasted both, and irritated myself all the way home from Raleigh as punishment. Okay, so I have a way of taking it easy on myself when I act impulsively, because I'm perfectly aware I made the rules I followed that caused me to play the fool. That ain't always been as clear as a bell to me.
There were no good reasons for me to go to Raleigh. I could have gone anywhere to satisfy the need I had to get outta town for a while. When I found my way on the way to Raleigh, I didn't stop myself from heading in that direction. I went directly to the Crabtree Valley Mall to the Apple Store.
I figured I might buy me one of those new Magic Trackpads I've been reading so much about. They didn't have any in stock. Sold out. That's just as well. It would have been an impulse buy. I'm fairly happy with the Everywhere mouse Logitech sells. It actually cost a little more than the touch mouse Apple sells. I have to switch hands often because of the swelling in my wrists.
The touchy Magic Mouse that came with my iMac is not what they hyped it up to be. There are some good things about it that I liked, but it was the styling that blew it for me. It was too law to the ground to get a good grip on it and get stuff done. It was/is hard to click and, thus the Logitech mouse.
The reviews on the new Magic Trackpad are pretty good. Some of the reviews have called it the mouse killer. Once you get on track you'll never go back. That's probably true. The top of the Magic Mouse has touch control, and that part of it I liked. Sometime Apple goes over the top with it's famous styling and forgets the functionality.
Since I was at the Apple Store I checked with the attractive woman who showed me around the iPad. I've found out that's the best way to get somebody to wait on me there. Just start doodling around on one of the displays and they show up fairly soon. I don't want an iPad. I'm more in the market for an iPhone, and I can't afford either yet.
I asked her about the broken Ethernet socket on my iMac, and her response was to make me an appointment with the Genius Bar to have it fixed. She said they'd fix it with some confidence, but I'll believe it when I get it back and it works. She assured me that the one year guarantee would pay for everything. That's another doubt I have that I'll be happy to have erased. I'll have to make another round-trip to Raleigh on Thursday. I don't mind going, but I'm a miser. I hate to pay for the gas.
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I do not attempt to tell the God's own truth here because I don't know what the truth is or hardly ever. I try to capture the drifting thoughts that randomly appear in my imagination for reasons I may not understand. I don't know if the content I capture with these words is true or false. The Comments settings are turned off to prevent me from having to defend what amounts to little more than fanciful, sometime crude speculation. Great moments in our lives never return.
