Mostly Harmless

My dad’s old computer has given up the ghost! (It’s probably the power supply but could be the logic board, which means fixing it could cost $99 to $299.)

Now since my dad thinks like me, or vice versa, he would rather buy a new computer than spend any more money fixing up the old one (which is a dinosaur). Therein lies the problem. It is very likely that soon my dad will have a computer that is newer and faster than mine!!

Oh the humanity!

I have enjoyed a comfortable MHz lead for the last two years, now he is preparing to leapfrog my computer by about the same margin that I rocketed past his machine.

However, since my dad is cheap (thrifty, whatever), he will buy the bottom of the line G4/466. I, on the other hand, plan on buying a G4/500 upgrade for my Mac (someday, perhaps soon). This will give me a slight edge in raw CPU numbers but leave me lacking in various subsystems (i.e. video, memory, etc.). I will take whatever small lead I can get for the moment — which will keep the Earth spinning correctly on its axis — and continue waiting for just the right time to buy a completely new dual- or quad-processor machine, which will solidify my lead for another year or two.

I have recently decided that it’s probably a good idea to use ‘fake’ eggs (e.g. Egg Beaters ("healthy real egg product")) instead of actual "80% of your daily cholesterol (each)" eggs. This reduces my morning cholesterol load for breakfast from approximately185% to 25%.

Unfortunately this means my "successful egg flip" statistics will never see the light of day which is a shame as my percentage of successful egg flips was even better than my percentage of "not breaking the yolk."

If you’d like to try this at home: (1) liberally spray anon-stick pan with cooking spray, (2) add two eggs (shell removed,natch), (3) cook until the eggs are firm enough to hold together and slide around in the pan, (4) with a deft flick of the wrist launch the eggs into the air, with a back flip and, (5) catch the eggs in the pan without breaking the yolks.

You didn’t think I used a spatula, did you? Geez…