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We finally made it down to the pool today, for the second time this summer. (The pools is only open between Memorial and Labor Day.) It was very refreshing. My heterosexual life partner is downstairs now cooking burgers.

On the technology front, I noticed in the past week or so that the magsafe power cord on my Macbook - you know, the Macbook that's less than a year old, that crashed inexplicably 6 months ago and lost all my data, the power cord is now melting and fraying up near the top. It got so it would only charge if I could find the right angle, and now, not at all. Since it's less than a year old, I called Apple to see if it was still under warranty. (I went through five power cords for my old iBook, and at $80 a pop, it's really just not worth it. And I am not mistreating these things.)

The Genius on the phone tried to tell me that the phone call alone would cost $50. My first instinct was to assume that was that and hang up, but I pressed on anyway, and, long story short, the call was free and they're sending me a new power cord in the mail. (They took my credit card info, though, because if I don't return the broken one within 10 biz days, they charge me the 80 smackers.)

I'm a fool, I know. But this is what I grew up with, this is what I'm used to, and I just can't stand PCs. I have to use them at work and they just baffle and irritate me, for the most part.

Anyhow, I have 98% power right now (I just pulled it away from a miraculous angle that was allowing a charge) and we'll see how much life I get out of it before it runs out. I have to conserve energy, and hopefully the power cord will arrive quickly. (This week? Please?)

Until then, I pray, and live an ascetic, joyless, low-fat, low-Mac existence.

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