I'll give you credit for some good gags. I chuckled, especially at a few that landed a little close to home.

But the heat thing? In real life? Not so bad, I think.

In my house, I'm the Mac user, my wife is the PC user. We mock each other for our choices, but it's all in good fun. As someone said, it's just a computer, not a religion. I am a Mac user for a variety of reasons, and have been satisfied with it over the years.

Does my MacBook run hot? Yeah, it seems to. A tad hotter than my previous PowerBook, perhaps, but I've yet to feel like I couldn't use it. It hasn't crashed so far. I haven't set it aside due to heat problems so far. Doesn't mean the heat isn't a problem for some people, just means that heat perception is at least partly subjective.

Point of comparison. My wife uses a fairly high-end HP laptop. It's configured fairly similarly to my MacBook (to the extent that such comparisons can be made between platforms). For roughly equivalent hardware (same RAM, same HD size and speed, etc.) she paid $200 less than I did. Not a huge difference.

I'm the one with Photoshop, so when she wanted to do a little Photoshop project recently, I handed over the MacBook and used her HP to check email and do some online research while she did her thing.

Our gripes? "Your computer is hot." Yup. Both of us. Seems she's a bit more sensitive to heat in her wrists, while I am a bit more sensitive in the trousers area. The heat of her HP bugged me, while the heat of my MacBook bugged her.

What are the raw numbers? I don't care. My machine meets my requirements, it works well, and I have no complaints. Same for my wife. Neither one of us owns a thermocouple. We just get our stuff done on the tool that meets our requirements. Your mileage may vary.

I certainly apologize if that offends someone else's religious sensibilities. I may be stupid to some people for the tool choice I've made, but oh well.

It really sucks the way King does what columnists do, only better than most. I really hate the way he's informed and witty and willing to admit when he's wrong. And the thing I hate the most is the way I have no choice about reading him. Even now, his armed thugs are upstairs getting fresh coffee and going pee. I have only seconds before they return and force me to read still more King, to be subjected further to his clever ignominy.

Oh, despair.

...a man who talked like this is the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary of his fantasies would be let go.

This is a man who's president of the United States, but his behavior might easily result in court-ordered psychiatric care if he was in almost any other job. It's not a question of liking or disliking him, of agreeing or disagreeing with his politics. He's delusional. By any reasonable definition, he's a danger to himself and others.

Impeachment? Hell, that's not the half of it. This guy needs to be committed.

You think?

P.S.: KFed.

Frankly, it feels to me like getting a high pick is functionally equivalent to acting as a farm club for another NBA team. The big example that comes to mind is Portland's selection of Jermaine O'Neal. They kept him through the problem child years as he matured as a player. Now he's giving his best years to someone else. He built up some resentment in Portland during the time he was here because his potential remained in the future and he made some not so unusual young person mistakes.

How much did it cost Portland to groom Jermaine for another team? I think far more than the value they got out of him.

And it seems to me that this situation is not all that unusual. Some players stick with their draft teams after they finally come into their own as NBA players, and a few come into their own quickly, but overall it seems like picking high in the draft is more trouble and cost than its worth.

You dawg!