My computer, Noel, is dead. Well, technically, she’s on life support, but she’s got no brain activity and the medical team (that would be me and a few friends [the google]) says “outlook not good.” I’m not sure what killed her, but her untimely death has put a serious crimp in my budget/savings.

It looks like she’ll be replaced with a Mac. I’m not sure how I feel about this just yet, but there’s no reason my fifteen-month-old pc should have died on me, and perhaps out of frustration, I’m switching to the dark side. I know that I have railed against proselytizing Mac owners in this space before, but I will do my best not to become a snotty Apple user. I’M NOT SAYING ALL MAC OWNERS ARE SNOTTY. I’m saying there’s a snotty subset that makes my skin crawl, that’s all. (You know who you are [and you probably don't read this site].)

I had a revelation today about a user I follow on Twitter. She routinely makes statements that just baffle and irritate me and I realized that I don’t have to put myself through that. I can either A: not let it get under my skin (clearly the more sensible and mature approach) or B: unfollow her!  I don’t know why it took me so long to arrive at this conclusion. But hey! problem solved.

My store is in the process of putting up its Christmas display/merchandise/hoopla. Yikes and fa la la la la.

(All I want for Christmas is you.)

P.S. I had to put myself on a U2 diet this week. I was obsessed and it wasn’t good. I need to abstain until I can consume more sensible portions. Have you ever had to do that?