What Mac Supremacy??

My friend, Alexander Chow, is a HUGE proponent of Macs.  And when I say HUGE, I mean his middle name is probably "IloveSteveJobs".  I would confirm, but I haven't had a chance to glance at his birth certificate.  Anyhow, Alex has long tried to convince me to purchase a Mac, but we have never quite reached the tipping point.  I fundamentally dislike Macs because they're basically a monopoly - you can only get a Mac from, well, Apple.  And now, I present to you for your entertainment, a chat to reinforce my position. :)

me:  Where ya been?
Haven't seen you online in a long time (before this morning, of course)
Alexander:  my hard drive crashed...
and i was waiting for a new computer (yes, i got a new computer out of it)
me:  On your MAC????
Please tell me it's your Mac
Alexander:  it was like a seagate or something like that
me:  Please
Please
Please
Oh
Alexander:  hard drive
me:  External hard drive?
Alexander:  internal
me:  ...on your MAC???
Alexander:  anyhow... since I was due for a refresh, my company upgraded me. computer
me:  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA
ON YOUR MAC!!!!!
My Lenovo hasn't broken yet

You cannot imagine how happy I am at this moment.

HAHAHAHHAA
Alexander:  you just had a bug die in it
me:  Yes...but that's MUCH different from the actual components dying!
In fact, you could say it's even better...when a foreign object enters the system, the Lenovo KILLS it
Unfortunately it was inside my screen instead of outside, but that's beside the point.

Alexander:  no... you see.. your lenovo had a design flaw that allowed a bug to crawl under the screen. for my mac, it is still functional... its just that the third party hard drive it was using died
very diff.
me:  I love how you separate the two

Even though it's INSIDE your Mac

Alexander:  but the problem was not caused by a design flaw of my mac
me:  You are now part of my status on FB AND Gchat!
So you're saying Apple's inability to partner with a sound hard drive producer has no bearing on Apple's credibility or quality...very nice
OH HAPPY DAY!

Alexander:  it is one degree removed
me:  ...and yet inside your laptop

HAPPY DAY HAPPY DAY!
Alexander:  for your lenovo, their engineers did it. for my mac, somebody else's engineers did.
me:  Say what you need to say to rationalize away your Mac's utter failure
Bottom line...mine worked while yours was idling.

Alexander:  whatevers
me:  HAPPY HAPPY DAY!
You got MacAttacked!

Your "one degree of separation" now has me 50 times further from ever getting a Mac.
I've had laptop issues with my PC's...but have never had a hard drive FAIL.
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY DAY!
)

Alexander:  whatevers.
50x further is nothign.
me:  Your silence is deafening.

Your Mac-->
My Lenovo -->   
Alexander:  whatevers
i'm not going to talk w/ you naymore
 me:  YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!
HAPPY DAY HAPPY DAY!!!!!!!!
Not only are you part of my GChat and FB updates, you just turned yourself in to a xanga post, my friend!

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Visiting the coolest people ever...and more photos of the coolest pooch ever

This past weekend we flew down to visit my brother and sister-in-law in the Bay Area.  Though I can't stand being landlocked in the Bay Area and having to find a high-paying job there to survive, I CAN stand the ridiculously good food and hangin' with some of the coolest Fengs ever.  My brother and sister-in-law live less than a minute from one of their best friends.  Literally...he lives 4 houses away and we WALKED over for milk and cookies on Saturday night.

Makes me want to call up all of my friends and convince at least one of them to move in to the vacant house around the corner from us.  For all you Californians, there is no state income tax up here in Washington state (instant 10% raise!!!), the area is significantly greener than San Diego, the air is fresher, and you can hang w/the Fengs any time you want.  Seriously.  You don't even have to call.  Just show up and we'll hang like a Philip Rivers bomb to Vincent Jackson.

We'll even cook for you!  Caveat: Or not...actually, not is probably better for your long-term health.  Caveat to my caveat - my beautiful wife has been knocking it out of the park lately with her entrees, as evidenced by my belly putting up a good challenge to hers, and I think I'm going to have to revise my long-held observation on Beacon Hill cuisine pretty soon.

Got a new Canon 50D in preparation for Haribo's arrival, too...and of course, Miso is our favorite test subject prior to Haribo's grand entrance!