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My Macbook Problems

Tomor­row I’m head­ed back to the Apple Store at the Cher­ry Hill Mall to fix a prob­lem that began late last year when my hard dri­ve cooked right inside my Mac­book. I went and got the disk replaced in April, but I haven’t real­ly recov­ered from the expe­ri­ence. Sure, my com­put­er works and has a brand spankin’ new OS, but you know what, that’s not good enough.

I went in there and got great ser­vice, no ques­tion, but it did­n’t go above and beyond. While my com­put­er was being repaired, the key­board cracked for the third time. The third time! I know this is a design flaw that was fixed when they rolled out the new Mac­book. You’d think if they’re replac­ing the hard dri­ve any­way, they’d notice the crack in the key­board and just toss the whole thing. There’s noth­ing to save, right?

That’s my aim when I go in tomor­row. I’m going to be upfront with them and let them know that the issues I’ve had with this com­put­er were nev­er prob­lems with the PCs I’ve owned, even the cooked hard dri­ve. It’s frus­trat­ing to pay a pre­mi­um for a supe­ri­or machine, love it, and have so many issues. Wish me luck!

Grammy and Charlie



Gram­my and Char­lie, orig­i­nal­ly uploaded by J T. Ram­say.

I lost my Gram­my Tues­day. I real­ly thought she might live for­ev­er, but bone can­cer took her to the Great Beyond. She was 86.

Words can’t describe what Gram­my Hil­da meant to me. She wel­comed my par­ents to Boy­er­town. I grew up on her fam­i­ly’s farm, which was across the street from her mod­est, lov­ing home. She taught me Yahtzee. Above all else, she was my only grandparent.

I’m so grate­ful that she got to meet and know Char­lie. I feel very lucky to have had her in my life. She may be gone, but the mem­o­ries live on forever.

Jamie Moyer Dominates Braves



Jamie Moy­er Dom­i­nates, orig­i­nal­ly uploaded by J T. Ram­say.

I went to three games dur­ing the Phillies recent home­s­tand, catch­ing two absolute­ly amaz­ing games and leav­ing before the now infa­mous Taser­ing dur­ing the oth­er one.

Turns out all it takes to allay fears of the Phillies being snakebit­ten is Jamie Moy­er draw­ing a bases loaded walk from Johan San­tana and then twirling a two-hit gem 5 days lat­er against anoth­er NL East rival.

That game still blows my mind. It’s the sort of thing you can’t believe you’re watch­ing. I hope some­day to see a per­fect game, but this was prob­a­bly as close as I’ve ever been and it still gave me chills.

When they’re on, they’re on. What a fun team to watch!