Rant #1,619: A-Musings

So, the Oscars for this year are over, thank goodness, and with it, hopefully this phony diversity thing, which is perhaps the biggest bunch of nonsense ever to come out of the PC years of our President, who spouts diversity so much that it has become to the detriment of our country that he has made us so scared to death of our own shadow.

Now, next year, there absolutely better be some black films and black performers nominated, or all hell will break loose. And that is even if these nominations aren't warranted, and have just been made so that a faction of the entertainment business is satisfied.

Snore ...

Now that that is over, what about the REALLY important stuff, the things that will really change our lives ... why don't we focus on those, and not this nonsense?

Let's focus on poor Salma Hayek. The actress cried to the press over the weekend that her dog had been shot, but she has no idea by whom.

She is an animal lover, and claims that her dog was murdered in cold blood on her ranch, shot right near the heart, extinguished forever.

This is a heinous crime, and I do feel her pain.

I am sure that "Dogs Lives Matter" protests are ready to be launched from coast to coast, but sorry, Salma, you are a beautiful woman, but I am too busy to join such protests.

My computer broke down yesterday, died in cold wires and electronics, and I need to attend to that first.

My PC is dead. And to show you how I believe in diversity, I have moved over to a Mac.

I had an old Mac that I bought from my work a few years ago, one that is probably also on its last legs, but it will have to do for now, as I am not going to run out and buy another computer just yet.

It is sturdy, but the screen has vertical lines running up and down on its both sides, moving toward the middle. All of our computers had this problem at work, and that is why we got rid of these computers a few years back and got new ones.

It is a quirk that makes these computer look kind of funny when they are being used, but for now, I have no choice.

I have tried to adapt all of my peripherals to the new computer, and since they were all geared to PCs, it has been difficult.

Some are computer bi-format--they go both ways, can be used by both PCs and Macs--but others are only for PCs, so I have had to do some legwork to get them Mac-ready, which can be done.

I haven't done everything yet, although I spent hours yesterday getting this thing in as good a running shape as possible.

Anyone who has done this knows that it isn't easy to do, but right now, I am typing this Rant out on my old new Mac, or is it my new old Mac?

How long this Mac will run is anyone's guess, but it will have to do for now.

So far, it is doing what I want it to do, so that is my one consolation.

But yes, I miss my PC.

No, I am not going to organize any "PC Lives Matter" protests, but yesterday, I have to say I was fit to be tied with this situation.

I am sure that this entire week, I will be getting this thing up to snuff.

Happily, I didn't lose that much data from the other machine when it went kaput. What I lost is either replaceable or just not worth replacing, so that really wasn't my main problem this weekend.

The main problem was getting this thing ready to go, and I am about 50 percent into that now.

So when people are screaming and yelling about diversity, I have bought into the plan lock, stock and barrel now that I am a Mac user both at work and at home.

And again, sorry about Hayek's dog, but I had my own dog of a weekend, and really, what's more replaceable, a dog or a computer?

Just joking, but I felt that the "death" in my family was at least as important as the death in her family.

Meaning, in plain English, that we will both survive.

I know that I will.