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OSU plays Washington tonight… groan.

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For about a month, my laptop has been sick. I got a third-party service plan on the laptop, because it was cheaper and better than AppleCare. I finally got sick of the display problems and lockups, so I called them. The tech managed to waste a good 30 minutes of my time before finally telling me that my laptop was still covered by Apple’s warranty and that I should call them. I did, but the guy said that my complementary 90 day phone support had run out, and that we could continue the conversation for $30. When I told him that I didn’t want to pay that, and that my third-party support had sent me here, he told me that I should go to an Apple store if there’s one near me.

Uh oh.

I walked in there with my laptop and out of there with an Apple Cinema HD Display. It’s an LCD display. It’s HUGE (23 inches). It’s bright. And it’s digital.

It’s a good thing, because it’s about time to put old Maggie, the 17 inch behemoth that I bought on eBay six or seven years ago, out to pasture. That monitor turned ten years old this month, and it’s starting to blink in and out and I’m not sure how much time it has left. It’s tough to part with, though, because it’s got this cool little LCD display beneath the tube which tells you (usually incorrectly) what resolution and refresh rate it’s running at, and also because it is at least 60 pounds and awkwardly large in every dimension.

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Last weekend we went up to Rockport and the beach.

Last night, hung out on Cynthia’s roof.