Regular Blogging Will Resume Shortly

I am writing this on the shiny new MacBook Pro that was delivered yesterday, a full day ahead of schedule. Yesterday was a day of lucky breaks, from the Coyote showing up just as I was leaving for errands to lunch in Portland at PF Chang's. (Verdict: OK wine, garlic and sauces good, service all right, not sure it's worth what they're charging.) I got to wander around Powell's for a while, and just as I got home what should show up but a lovely little box with this new laptop in it?

My brain h...