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Ahh, Rachel Maddow… sometimes I think I might love her (and her goofy laugh) – and I’m not embarrassed. I came across this while perusing My Left Nutmeg – Where Connecticut Dems Scratch that Progressive Itch – and I had to share. Here she highlights the hypocrisy of the Republican party in their voting against stimulus money, but then taking full credit for it’s results in their home districts. Beautiful. OK, so I’ve had the new iPhone for over 24 hours, and because I’ve had the time off from work, I’ve had plenty of time to get acquainted with it, download a bunch of free apps, and just mess around. Having had all this time to play, I can safely admit that I love it. I love it way more than I ever intended to love it. Let’s be honest , there was a part of me that didn’t want to love it (as much as one can NOT want to love an expensive new toy). I didn’t want to join the herd and morph into an iPerson. I felt like I was just too cool and at the same time not cool enough to just jump on board with the rest of the sheep. I’ve always considered myself to be a little bit of a sort of rebel geek (really more of an Android person, I guess, than anything) and getting an iPhone would just totally not fit with who I thought I was. I do love it, though, nonetheless. AT&T just doesn’t have any Droids at the moment (though I do hear that should be changing soon) and my Blackberry was becoming a constant disappointment to me – slow and sluggish, clumsy when getting in and out of apps – sort of uncoordinated all around (the kind of disappointment I expect my future children to be at the playground). I was also frequently getting the White Screen of Death that could only be remedied with a battery pull – I don’t think that’s normal. It did what it did well – e-mail and messaging. It was awesome with those two tasks all the time. And that was great, but so much more is expected from a smartphone these days, and it just wasn’t cutting it anymore. It was time for an upgrade and when it’s time for a new toy, I just do not have the kind of patience to wait for AT& T to get their act together and send in the Droids. I did a lot of thinking about it over the last couple of months and a TON of research and in the end, I just had to do it. I joined the herd. Having spent some time now with the iPhone (I really hadn’t had the opportunity to play with one before), I can see why they are so wildly popular. They just work. An idiot could use it. Set up was ridiculously simple, it’s really really user friendly, and everything just… well… it just sort of works -seamlessly. Everything is synced up with my Google stuff – that’s something I was worried about. Would it work as well as it did on my Blackberry? Yes. It works just as well – although, I do miss the little flashing notification light at the top. Even web browsing is perfect- and speedy – way better than I ever imagined it could be on a smartphone. Let’s not even begin to compare it with my old Blackberry, because that’s just not even fair. And the apps… oh, the apps. I downloaded about 15 free ones… and they’e keeping me pretty busy for now. A few games, a weather app, a couple of news apps, Pandora (of course), Facebook, TweetDeck, Hello Vino (a wine app), Epicurious, Urbanspoon, Wordpress (so I can now blog mobilely) and a few others… enough to entertain me for now. So yes, I love it… It’s very quick, simple to use, and really quite beautiful. I joined the herd. Am I proud? No. Do I feel like a little bit of a sellout? Yes. Is it worth it, though? No question. So now I’ve done it… I hit the button. I just ordered myself a new iPhone… it probably should arrive early next week, which I have off, so I’ll have plenty of time to play with it. Soon I will be an iPerson – one of those people I normally make fun of. I feel more like a tool already – a very trendy tool. Happy early birthday to me I’m sure in the next week or so you’ll be inundated with posts about everything I love and hate about the new toy. Stay tuned.
Kevin warned me back when I turned 25 that it was all down hill from there – and that after you hit 25 you had nothing left to look forward to but old age and becoming decrepit. That’s not true at all, Dan! Don’t listen to the haters – I would say I’ve had all my BEST years since turning 25. Anyway, I know he had some sort of raucous festivities in my parents’ newly finished basement last night – hopefully he had a total blast and everything is still in tact Happy Birthday, Cuban B !!! (That’s his nickname – its a reference to the movie Half Baked – yeah, I don’t really get it either, but then again I’m like 112 :p)
So anyway since I moved out on my own a few years ago, many of my gifts are now kitchen items. As you may recall, I have a birthday coming up in a couple of weeks – and in my family we frequently get early birthday gifts – mostly because my mom doesn’t want to wrap them. This year, I’ve gotten a Le Creuset enameled cast iron French oven from my parents – oval 9 1/2 qts in Salsa Red. It is one sexy beast! I have been looking at these for years – long before I did any cooking or had any desire to cook. They’re just beautiful to look at and and I’m told they last forever! They look lovely from the stove top to the oven and onto your dining room table. Now I have my very own! I’ve already made a few things in it – and it works just wonderfully. Everything cooks perfectly and the clean up is simple – much easier than I’d expected. It is, of course, a bit heavy, but that’s how you know it’s of good quality. Thanks Mom and Dad! |
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If you hadn’t picked up on it yet by reading this blog, I’m a bit food centered. I’m constantly thinking about food. I like to cook, I like to read about food, I like to write about it, I like to look at photos of it, watch it on TV, but most of all I like to eat it! Duh!
