Here’s the deal.   I am a geek.  I get distracted by the geek-ish things in life.

And. You know you are a TOTAL geek when you can hardly wait for the new Operating System to be available for your computer.  Alas… even more of a geek when…. on the day it comes out…..  you download it, install it…. and then do the Happy Dance in your office because you like the look of the new desktop colors, right off the bat.

I’m a little late in writing tonight…. you see….. because I have been doing the very Happy Dance all around my office tonight.

Yes.  Yosemite is here for my Mac, and I am as happy as a pig in the mud.  In fact…. I’m am more overjoyed than the Winner of the Grand Prix Cow Race Extravaganza, 2014.   (It was Big Melvin, from Belleville, Minnesota, in case you missed the competition on ESPN VIII).

Anyway.  Yes.  It thrills me.  The old operating system was a fine one, indeed.  But it was called Maverick.  And the only thing I could think about was John McCain, “The Maverick” in the last presidential race.   (Big Barack, from Chicago, IL won that one… in case you missed the competition).

Anyway.  Yep.   With Maverick, that is all I could think of….. which then reminded me of the Vietnam War… of course.. because McCain was a Prisoner of War.   He went through one heck of a time in that war, I’ll tell you.  He was held captive for almost six years… as I recall.  He endured unbearable torture.  And when I consider of all of this, I get incredibly sad.   And then… I cry on my keyboard.

So. By the time I get myself back together, and clean off my keyboard…..  half the day is gone, and I haven’t done a bit of work.   This is all before I even turn ON my laptop.  I just start thinking about the operating system. Old Maverick.

And THAT is why I am glad Yosemite is finally here.   Yes.   Now… productivity is on the horizon.  No more distracting thoughts.

Except for that it reminds me of Yosemite National Park.  I love going there.  It is one of my favorite National Parks.  It is beautiful beyond belief.   I always think of John Muir when I think of Yosemite.    Now he was an incredible GEM in our national history.

Muir did much for the establishment and preservation of Yosemite, the Sierra, and many other areas.  He also fought a long battle against the Hetch Hetchy Dam Project.   Which is an entirely different story.

But whenever I hear Hetch Hetchy, I think of  one of my least favorite actors…. Anne Heche.  And that terrible movie she was in with Harrison Ford, “Six Days, and Seven Nights” or something.  It is the only film of Harrison Ford’s that I totally dislike.  And this makes me sad.  Great.  Now I am crying on my keyboard again.

You know… the other half of the day is gone.. and I still haven’t gotten anything done.

It is probably going to be a couple years down the road before Apple releases another new OS.  I mean… Yosemite just came out.   JUST.

Maybe I should just go back a couple of versions.  That system was called Mountain Lion.

Oh forget it… THAT one scared the pee right out of my bladder.

“The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It’s not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found.”  — William Stafford