I don’t know about where you live, but where I live, yesterday it rained. Actually, it rained and rained and rained and rained. It rained hard, and it rained constantly. In fact, we got nearly 4¼”, which – they tell me this morning – broke the old record for 8/22 by about three inches. Now, in my darn near half a century here, I’ve seen a lot of weather (snow, mostly, though there was that microburst in ’98 that devastated the area and knocked our power out for two weeks – which stopped being cute after about eight days), but I don’t recall this much rain in one day since the remnants of hurricane Agnes went through way back in ’72. Boy howdy (OK you geezers, who used to say that? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? I’m thinkin’ Heath – played by Lee Majors – on ‘The Big Valley.’ I recall being shocked as a kid when Heath said “I’m you father’s bastard son!” ‘cuz I had no idea you could say that on teevee back in the sixties – though I must confess that my mother may have called me a little bastard a time or two back in the day. She also used to call me a son-of-a-bitch, which I of course agreed with whole-heartedly – which I think is what may have prompted her to call me a little bastard), that was a lotta rain.

The MacBook Pro I use (courtesy of work) has learned a new trick. Or, more accurately, has unlearned an old trick. Now, it has no sound (though it will pop a bit from time to time). So, the touchpad doesn’t ‘click’ (actually, if you push it a couple hundred times, it may actually work once or twice), the WiFi drops out for no reason whatsoever, and now there’s no sound. As much as I like it (and I really do like it), I’m really glad I didn’t actually pay for it. I could have bought two non-Apple laptops (with more RAM) for what this one would have cost, and while they wouldn’t have the ‘cool’ factor, I also wouldn’t have had to jump through all the hoops I’ve had to in trying to get this thing to do what I want it to do. This is my first long-term experience with a Mac, but now I can see why the TCO (total cost of ownership) is, statistically speaking, so much higher, and why you definitely have to get AppleCare if you buy one.

Sookie married Bill! Not on ‘True Blood’ but in ‘Real Life.’ Aw, what a nice couple they make, and that Bill (er, I mean Stephen) is a lucky man to have such a cute little bisexual wife. I mean, just imagine the possibilities (I know I am :hubba: ).

Oh well, I guess I better go make sure my car didn’t float away over night.

Update: The sound is back! After the computer locked up (in a very Windows-like manner that Mac people say never happens, but actually happens fairly regularly) and I had to kill it and restart, the sound started working again. Yay! I should have tried that before, I guess, but I try not to restart since the touchpad preferences don’t kick in until after your profile loads, which means I have to tab around to log in (not a huge deal, but a hassle nonetheless).

OK, carry on.