Another Hello, goodbye

Once again I threw hundreds of dollars away by ending my relationship with a computer. I had purchased brand new Toshiba laptop with all the bells and whistles. It was awesome. I never did figure out how to use the wireless internet on it. Ultimately I took it back because I felt the OS, the new Vista Home Premium, was a lot of froo-froo and very little utility. I’ll probably buy a 2-year-old, business-class, speed demon with XP, one that’s tiny enough to throw like a Frisbee. I figure the prices of computers with the old OS must be coming down soon.

So I took it back to Circuit City, they charged me a 15% “re-stocking” fee. I thought that was funny because they’ll never be able to sell that computer retail ever again—I had put stickers on it!

Then the strangest thing happened: After I left the store, I felt a huge weight lifted from my shoulders. I had been so concerned about being on-line, building a cool myspace page, downloading music, and being a tech guru. But for some reason I don’t need that anymore.

So I went ballroom dancing.