Exactly at the stroke of 8 AM this morning my copy of iTunes stopped telling me that an update wasn’t available. Sweet. It’s downloading right now. The speed is about 1 MB (megabyte) every 2 seconds with a 218.2 MB total download. Once the download is complete, the iPhone is backed up. You see — […]

My phone rang around noon yesterday. I recognized the number. I answered. Me: (spoken quickly) ”Thisismarkshields.” Constance: ”Mark, this is Constance from the leasing office.” Me: ”Hi!” Constance: ”They’re here.” Me: ”The new iPhones are here???” Constance: [long pause] ”No.” Me: ”No, wait, ABBA is here? Holy sh*t!” Constance: ”Mark, the people who own the […]

The GFF is out of town in Nebraska so I’ve spent the July 4th long weekend trying to get every imaginable errand and task completed prior to her return. Also included in there is cleaning the house, the clothes, and the dog and not necessarily in that order. Chief among my distractions has been the […]

I noticed an abandoned piano in my condo’s foyer this past Monday afternoon. The piano was still there when Tuesday morning rolled around, so I took it upon myself to ask the leasing office if I could have first dibs. You can never act too quickly when someone is ditching this type of hardware. I […]