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Well, I went back today and fondled the ipad again, almost buying it, but walked away empty handed. Almost a miracle for me. I just can't swing the 32gb price right now, and if I bought the 16, I'd probably regret it in a couple months, if not sooner. It's between fun money for Chicago or an ipad....so..... I really really want one. If all works out as planned, I should have three more private practice patients by mid-June, so it will be a no-brainer then. Too bad addicts are unreliable, and I can't count on it until it happens. If I could, I would be typing on my ipad right now.

the spinach and eggplant look yummy

Since I made it out of the store without one, which was the real danger, that I must have now feeing has passed. We'll see.

okie dokie then.

So, since I'm still thinking about this thing, was the slowness I experienced in the store a freak thing?

Weird. I'm home now and was surprised that post even went through. The only thing that stopped me from buying one on the spot was how damn slow it was a loading site, and head-case was the worst, just freezing other than the homepage. Best Buy said their Internet was slow, but the wireless was fine with the laptops. Very cool little toy.

Typing this post on one now in Best Buy. I should never have picked one up..........

Okay, I listened to this again today and am already bored by it. I haven't listened to this one in a long time. It's a much better afternoon choice: interesting, beautiful and sucks you right in.

Ben Nichols -The Last Pale Light In The West Also got this one today and quite like it. It's based on Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, which I've not read, but now might.

naaman, your first link worked fine and looked damn scary to me.

Well, Ethan, you may want to start looking into those tickets. I caught the 3rd period on the radio on my way home tonight. I never would have figured the Flyers or Habs to be in this, let alone the Flyers with two shutouts this round.

Yah, but complete strangers turning in my iphone, as well as a blackjack, twice in a month is about a much as I want to test that luck. Guys can wear them on your pants, but I gotta figure out a way to carry them around without actually carrying them around in my hands, and that big black hole that's called a purse is no help. Sure. Since I sold them, it wouldn't bother me at all if they got lost. Colin, this umbrella should attract attention:

Just got this today. Kinda like it.

Stretch, that's a nice looking dog.

Just to confirm I'm both an idiot and extremely lucky, I had to go to McDonalds' today to meet with the manager regarding a patient employed there, and apparently while hanging out at the counter and talking with him, I set both my personal iphone and work phone down (there were a lot of people at the counter since it was noon), and then left and drove home for lunch without them. A nice worker rescued them, but had no idea to who they belonged. When I realized it about an hour laterand drove back, there they were. Egad. This time, I was able to give her a reward, and all I had on me was a $50, but it turns out it was her birthday, so what the heck. Fifty bucks to not have to explain to my boss I lost the phone or deal with cancelling my number and setting it up again is worth it. I really have to stop this losing phones stuff.

Well, I am personally very boring: work, workout, listen to music, read, wander around the neighborhood talking with neighbors, watch some hockey lately, check in here, and try and make a point to go out once a week or so. That's about it. I think the deal is that I need to get more exciting in a good way, and have zero time for all this negative stuff that has nothing to do with me but comes my way because I'm a boring sitting duck.

Big congrats, jin!

Egad, knucks. I feel for you on the lunatic front, and sorry about your friend's kitty. Well, I plan on having talks with two of my drama friends tonight. In the meantime, I just made plans to go biking or rollerblading (will figure it out later) on Saturday with a person I like a lot, but have never really spent time with. On the fun and good front, the accountant at work just chewed me out for messing up his books, then handed me a check for $143. Apparently, I'd been given a check months ago, reimbursing me for something I don't remember (guessing books), but I never cashed it. Now I have a new one.

Well, thanks for the sympathy, guys, but I actually don't need sympathy. I'm glad yesterday's drama was large enough to actually register with me. I needed that kick in the head. It's about time. I can't blame certain friends for doing what they do or being who they are, but what I don't like is how I've somehow unknowingly allowed myself, slowly over time, to become the problem repository in friendships, where people I truly care about seem to feel quite comfortable creating all sorts of drama that has nothing to do with me, then coming to me when they want to feel better and/or want advice, want to be calm, blah blah blah etc, and then they disappear again, usually to go back to the same drama or create new ones. They want me as a friend when their crap blows up, but once they're feeling okay, there's not so much as a "how are you?". I end up feeling tired and used. If it were just one person, I could say it was his or her problem, but it's not, so clearly the problem is me. It's something I've created. Anyway, it's been a good, if painful lesson many years in the making. So, I'm kinda excited to change things, and just hope my friends are willing to as well.