If you’re trying to get to Apple’s store and are having trouble, it’s because it’s being slaughtered right now with visits.

They just announced a new Mac Mini:

• $599
• 1.5GHz Intel Core Solo processor
• MB L2 Cache
• 667MHz Frontside Bus
• 512MB memory (667MHz

DDR2 SDRAM)

• 60GB Serial ATA hard drive
• Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
• Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
• Apple Remote

• $799
• 1.66GHz Intel Core Solo processor
• MB L2 Cache
• 667MHz Frontside Bus
• 512MB memory (667MHz

DDR2 SDRAM)

• 80GB Serial ATA hard drive
• Double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• Built-in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
• Apple Remote

Also announced, the iPOD Hi-Fi:

Goodbye, big stereo. Hello, iPod Hi-Fi, a beautiful, compact sound system with an integrated Universal Dock for iPod that fills the room with rich, audiophile-quality sound. It’s the home stereo — reinvented.
Price: $349.00

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Don’t worry, Oreo’s fine. She hasn’t been put down or anything like that. However, we do need ot find a new home for her.

When we bought Oreo, our Jack Russell Terrier, we were warned that the breed was extremely hyper-active. While we thought we would be able to handle this, we were just not prepared for the energy level of the breed.

My decision to find a new home for Oreo, which Crystal readily agreed to, however, was more for the dog’s sake than ours. See, Crystal and I work during the day, so poor Oreo ends up caged or leashed most of the day without much exercise. When we get home, she’s this explosive ball of furry energy and it’s much too cold out for us to walk her (our fault, again) to burn it off. This causes both boredom and pent-up energy; a recipie for destructive behavior in dogs. Oreo has cost us some decent replacement bills for coreds and such. I don’t really fault her, but neither can I do much to stop her behavior. Shelby’s also bore the brunt of Oreo’s playing, bearing small scars on her arms and legs from nips and scratches. It’s to the point where we have to keep the two separated since Shelby encourages the behavior.

More than anything, though, it’s not fair to Oreo to be pent up like that all day. It’ll also cause her health problems in the long-run, since we don’t have the ability to exercise her like she needs. She’ll become lethargic, develop hip problems and possible heart issues.

No, it’s better to find her a better home that she deserves than to be selfish.

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I’m watching. Gov. Schwarzenegger live on CSPAN talking about fitness in our children.

Is it wrong of me to laugh when the captioning can’t even figure out what he’s saying?

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This one’s Deskmerc’s fault. I’m really surprised by the outcome, though. I suck at math.

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

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It’d be worth the shipping fee to pull that prank on someone!

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So, what, you just keep repeating the question until we get an answer you like?

Our tax dollars at work, folks.

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This one’s Frank’s fault.

Take the What Fruit Are You? test by Ellen!

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I sense a disturbance in the force. Exepct the country to erupt into total stupidity over the next few weeks.

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Three men in Ohio indicted for terrorism. Well, it’s not like there’s much else to do in Ohio unless you’re into clubbing or shopping.

Still, it’s a bit unsettling.

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If you’re on Google Talk, you can now reach me a lot more easily since Google integrated Gtalk into it’s Gmail interface.

If you’re bored or need to get in touch with me for some odd reason, hit me up at stareja@gmail.com.

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