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"The only constant in this world is change..."
I forget which great thinker said that (maybe Harpo Marx) but it's true. Change has even come to the Rantmeister this week in the form of a brand spanking new Apple MacBook Pro 17 laptop computer. This s my first blog post from the new computer...sitting wireless on my bed...and, yes, dressed in pajamas. I can practically feel the specter of Steve Jobs guiding my fingers. I began my computing journey with Macs working at the newspapers, had a Mac Performa in the early 90s, then switched to PCs because of the availability of software. With this Core Duo Mac able to run anything made for either machine, the decision to switch back was a no-brainer.
Ain't life grand!
The new Harry Potter movie is on the agenda for today...leisure time is welcome after the last five weeks of performances at the Ashtabula Arts Center (three weeks of The Wizard of Oz and two weeks of The Fantasticks.) The Fantasticks was a ball, though, working with a small cast of very talented people...you were never quite sure what the show was going to be from night to night (there was a lot of improvisation going on.) It was very challenging for me musically, as my last formal musical training was as a chorus member at the arts center in probably 1974, but it could have been a lot worse.
On the home front, the garden is growing somewhat slowly because of the drought, but our four acres of sweet corn looks good as do the peppers and tomatoes. We've also launched a somewhat preemptive pogrom against raccoons (or consider it payback for all the chickens they've killed here) with the current tally standing at 12 confirmed kills and a couple probables.
More incisive blogging to follow as I sort out the ins and out of this new platform.