I did it.
I ordered a Mac.
I’d been thinking about it for a while, but it seemed like they were getting close to releasing new ones, so I decided to wait. Apple announced the new ones this morning, so I had no more excuses to dither.
It still took me forever to get up the courage to press the Order button. Then I finally decided what the hell, just do it. So I did it.
I bought a Mac.
Spotted on the 1 train going north from 42nd Street this evening: Ann Harada, best known for the role of Christmas Eve in Avenue Q. Then we saw her recognize someone sitting across from her, and it turned out to be Kate Baldwin, most recently known for playing the female lead in the Broadway revival of Finian’s Rainbow.
They said hello to each other.
I love New York sometimes.
I love this letter in the NY Times today:
To the Editor:
The Sherrod affair has unfortunately confirmed my suspicion of the Obama administration: it has no backbone.
The administration seems not to realize that American politics is a contact sport, not a cerebral exercise. An attack demands an immediate counterattack. Smearing Shirley Sherrod was an attack; firing her was not a counterattack, it was a misguided attempt at damage control.
The Democratic position on virtually every issue (including, or especially, the economy) is far stronger than the opposition’s, but the administration’s defense of its policies is tepid at best.
The Sherrod affair shows that the right keeps on attacking, even when it is wrong, and the left keeps on retreating, even when it is right. For this Democratic president and this Democratic Congress, this is not a formula for success.
Charles T. Grant
Minneapolis, July 22, 2010
A++++.