Well, a few at least. Sorry folks, but I am zonky and wonky tired and tending to drift, still, I'm determined to try.

Alright, my new baby, a DELL PRECISION M4300 LAPTOP...oh my gosh I am in LOVE!!!

15.4 inch monitor, power and speed up the ass, I mean man, I can even go to Shawno's www.gaycanuck.com website and not just crash, but actually have everything load as well!

Some specs are as follows:

Dell Precision M4300 Intel® Core ™ 2 Duo T9300 (2.50GHz) 6M L2 Cache, 800MHz Dual Core
LCD Panel Options 15.4 IN WIDE WUXGA Anti-Glare LCD Panel
Memory 4.0GB, DDR2-667MHz SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
Internal Keyboard Internal English Keyboard
Graphics NVIDIA Quadro FX 360M, 512MB Turbo Cache memory (256 dedicated)
Hard Drives 200GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 7200RPM (Free Fall Sensor) (Meaning if it falls the hardrive closes to prevent damage.)
Operating Systems Genuine Windows Vista® Business Bonus-Windows® XP Professional loaded
Bluetooth Dell Wireless® 360 Bluetooth Module for Windows XP
Module Bay Devices 8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio Creator™/Cyberlink PDVD™

Yup, TOTALLY KICK ASS...and despite it being a workstation, the Quadro graphics card beats out the desktop's NVIDIA Gforce...which is almost a shame because now I am spending hours playing Black & White 2, which I really shouldn't, so many other things to do, only swear gods I need something to help me 'escape' these days...

Anyhows, note I have WINDOWS XP PRO so ALL my old proggies and externals work, which means the Aura/Chakra video station works fantastic. 4 USB PORTS and 2 of them are POWERED so no more struggling at shows running the Chakra station without a mouse, only using the touchpad, real bennie in itself right there

And the screen, NO GLARE AT ALL, not even with a lamp right here so when it comes to spending hours writing there is no strain...ha, now all I need is a new pare of glasses since these ones are so scratched up the right lens has to be looked out the top to get past the central patch of 'frost-smear'. Well, next purchase I'm sure.

Started this baby right as well. Got AVG anti virus/spyware program. No F'ing monster Norton ever again! http://www.grisoft.com/ if you want to check it out. Totally recommended because it does not interfere with anything. (Swore over that bastard N for years, even programmed to ALLOW ALL it still asked every time I tried to open my website managing program if I wanted to do it, no matter it recommended that I did. Had to close and re-open three times for it to work. Norton, go take a flying leap.) AVG is the one people in the know use, like when we used to call up tecks at HP it is what all of them seemed to use both at work and home. Same with internet cafes throught Nepal, etc...

I'm out of my Bandido cheroots...oh gods, the tragedy! (BTW my new keyboard is sealed, which yes, still means I should not let cigar ash fall on it, but there is only so much I can do, hehe.) Been backordered for a month now, sign of the times. Sighs.

Just about to 'take some time off' (yeah, right.) Mm-hmm, another working vacation ahead starting this weekend with our annual major gem & mineral tradeshow buying spree (sighs, if only) though just going will be fun in of itself. Go on Friday or Sunday, since Saturday we'll be vending at an Art & Holistic outdoor health festival in Bozra CT. (See last year's post somewhere about that.) the next Sat. Emile is doing a private psychic party at some people's house, and the weekend following that it will be vending at the CT Astrological Societies psychic fair. Uh-huh, typical 'vacation' planned here. During all this of course will be more work on the house, though even before that it is finishing E's book on Tibetan singing bowls. I'll be doing the editing...

Okay lets see... Ah, this past Sunday's Psychic Fair went great. Was lots busier then imagined, only man, have to somehow recover in time for this weekend's activities.

Spending some time getting some new free tunes at www.payplay.com, some nice traditional Japanese pieces for background while writing and others. Have gotten E into the place so he is surfing their Jazz section. (Oh yeah, got myself some Hammon organ Jazz to kick back to as well. )

Made one little treat purchase for myself, the Torchwood DVD series which should come in next week as well as a used (for a buck) CD. Soundtrack to the flick SCREAM only for one tune, which is Don't Fear The Reaper performed by GUS. ULTIMATE version as far as I am concerned and again, can't wait to load it into the laptop and kickback. Love music and the emotions such inspire.

Been finally getting to the editing of STEVEN'S STORY and that may be my first E-Book attempt. Still haven't gotten to the Tib. Festival's video from the weekend before last, but maybe during my 'vacation'. Ha!

Possibility of a new kitty soon, both E and I are tired of the silence in this empty mostly boxed-up burg. Go to the pound though, rescue someone, though man, no one can replace Timber or miss Jinx. Again though, it should be like that. Individual family members, right? Right. Well, we'll see.

Ugh, been getting 'nudges' to post at my pipester blog and I actually have some beefs to let out (tooth drilled through a stem) but save that for later. Feeling blind so may go lay down a bit.

All for now, hugs and cheers all around,