{"id":1263,"date":"2006-12-27T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/tryout\/"},"modified":"2006-12-27T19:20:40","modified_gmt":"2006-12-28T00:20:40","slug":"tryout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/tryout","title":{"rendered":"Tryout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got back from Louisiana last night, after a 2.5-hour delay due to weather problems up here at Newark. Spent the “day off” dealing with a plumber and running yet more errands.<\/p>\n

One of these errands involved stopping by my office and picking up a new 13.3″ MacBook to try out for a few days. We ordered a bunch of refurbished models for editors’ use during travel, and I was interested in seeing how they feel. My G4 PowerBook (12″) is getting kinda long in the tooth, although it’s still fine for travel and all. Still, it’d be nice to have another laptop in the house, so the official VM wife (who’ll likely make me the official MI husband<\/a>) and I can blog away in the living room, sneaking sidelong glances at each other’s posts.<\/p>\n

Or not. I’ll see how the holiday bonus looks, since most of our money’s going into plans for fixing up the house in 2007 (starting with that aforementioned plumber’s visit today).<\/p>\n

The holiday trip went alright. On Christmas afternoon, I was deluged by presents. I can’t fault Amy’s parents for using my Amazon wish list to guide their purchases, but I wish they’d pay a little more attention to the size & weight of some of the items. For example, while I was quite happy to receive the four-volume, hardcover, slipcased edition of Samuel Beckett’s works<\/a>, I wasn’t so happy about lugging it home in my suitcase.<\/p>\n

Still, it’s a minor complaint, considering I could’ve shipped it home Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

Anyway, its nowhere near as interesting a gift as the small wooden case they gave me. It has a slide-off lid, and it’s nowhere near long enough for a pen, prompting me to ask, “Am I supposed to hide weed in this?”<\/p>\n

That’s the Christmas spirit, I guess. I’ll process my pix from the trip this evening, and try to get those posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Got back from Louisiana last night, after a 2.5-hour delay due to weather problems up here at Newark. Spent the “day off” dealing with a plumber and running yet more errands. One of these errands involved stopping by my office and picking up a new 13.3″ MacBook to try out for a few days. We … <\/p>\n

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