“and non-believers.”
This guest column from The Washington Post captures my feelings about Obama’s inaugural shout out to the non-religious very well.
This Land Is My Land
by Nica Lalli
The Washington Post, 1/23/09
Happy 25th Birthday Mac!
I love my computer and I’m not ashamed to admit that. Twenty-five years ago today, Apple introduced the original Macintosh computer, the birth announced by a now famous, once shown, Super Bowl commercial called 1984.
It was some time during that year, after my freshman year of college, that my mom brought home one of these original Macs from the software company she was working for, FirstByte. The company had developed an artificial speech synthesizer product called SmoothTalker, which was unique from previous efforts at producing artificial speech in that it required no additional hardware, it was entirely software based. Mom was thoughtful, or foolish enough to let her kids mess with the computer, and a lifelong love affair began. One of my early memorable Mac moments, was to successfully use MacPaint to forge a passable report card for a friend whose poor grades from the local Junior College put him at risk of parental eviction. You’re welcome Doug (who has gone on to be a life-long Mac-lover himself).
Over these 25 years, I figure I’ve probably almost a dozen different Macs, and I’m sure there are many more in my future. Thanks Mom, it was a life-changing bit of technology you introduced me to 25 years ago, and I know you’re proud to know that the torch has been well passed in our home.
Update: I completely forgot that among my current DVDs from Netflix waiting to be viewed is the documentary ‘Welcome to Macintosh‘, a documentary about Macs that came out in 2008, and the perfect way to celebrate the Mac’s bday.
Congratulations President Obama!
One…
One day to go (actually it was yesterday, this is a post-dated blog post). We spent our day prepping and then partying (stay tuned for photos).
Goodbye George, and right back atcha!
Two…
Amazing. Just two days to go! I’m watching the Lincoln Memorial concert right now, while also house cleaning and preparing to go shop for party supplies for our major ‘Bush’s Last Day!’ party tomorrow.
There’s a small twinge of regret for having decided not to fight the crowds to participate in any inaugural events up close, but it’s a very small twinge. Last year’s Election was a family affair here at the Casey’s, and it will be great fun taking it all in together, warmer and with a better view on TV.
Count it down… 2!
Three…
That’s all there is to say… three! And it’s late, so we’re almost already down to 2!
Update: I found something share-worthy! Olberman his offers ‘Eight Years in Eight Minutes’ recap of George’s two miserable terms in office.
Four…
Just Four days to go, and last night President Bush gave us his big farewell. Here it is in case you missed it…
oh, whoops. Wrong one. OK, here you go, the real thing…
Five…
Five more days, we’re down to one hand!
Here’s a goodbye to George from The Economist
The frat boy ships out
Few people will mourn the departure of the 43rd president
1/15/09
Thanks to Nu for the Twitter share
Six…
Just six days to go, you still have time to plan a party. We’ll behaving ours on Monday, to ring out Bush’s last night in office and leave us Inauguration to shake off this eight-year hangover and enjoy the inauguration on TV (which is as close as we’ll be getting). Here’s a fun web site to help you plan your own Bush Bash for next Monday…
