{"id":2063,"date":"2014-10-17T22:58:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T02:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2014-10-17T23:46:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T03:46:47","slug":"lions-mavericks-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=2063","title":{"rendered":"Lions, Mavericks, Oh my."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cowbells\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the deal.\u00a0\u00a0 I am a geek.\u00a0 I get distracted by the geek-ish things in life.<\/p>\n

And. You know you are a TOTAL geek when you can hardly wait for the new Operating System to be available for your computer.\u00a0 Alas… even more of a geek when…. on the day it comes out…..\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

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

Yes.\u00a0 Yosemite is here for my Mac, and I am as happy as a pig in the mud.\u00a0 In fact…. I’m am more overjoyed than the Winner of the Grand Prix Cow Race Extravaganza, 2014.\u00a0\u00a0 (It was Big Melvin, from Belleville, Minnesota, in case you missed the competition on ESPN VIII).<\/p>\n

Anyway.\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 It thrills me.\u00a0 The old operating system was a fine one, indeed.\u00a0 But it was called Maverick.\u00a0 And the only thing I could think about was John McCain, “The Maverick” in the last presidential race.\u00a0\u00a0 (Big Barack, from Chicago, IL won that one… in case you missed the competition).<\/p>\n

Anyway.\u00a0 Yep.\u00a0\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0 He went through one heck of a time in that war, I’ll tell you.\u00a0 He was held captive for almost six years… as I recall.\u00a0 He endured unbearable torture.\u00a0 And when I consider of all of this, I get incredibly sad.\u00a0\u00a0 And then… I cry on my keyboard.<\/p>\n

So. By the time I get myself back together, and clean off my keyboard…..\u00a0 half the day is gone, and I haven’t done a bit of work.\u00a0\u00a0 This is all before I even turn ON my laptop.\u00a0 I just start thinking about the operating system. Old Maverick.<\/p>\n

And THAT is why I am glad Yosemite is finally here.\u00a0\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0\u00a0 Now… productivity is on the horizon.\u00a0 No more distracting thoughts.<\/p>\n

Except for that it reminds me of Yosemite National Park.\u00a0 I love going there.\u00a0 It is one of my favorite National Parks.\u00a0 It is beautiful beyond belief.\u00a0\u00a0 I always think of John Muir when I think of Yosemite.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now he was an incredible GEM in our national history.<\/p>\n

Muir did much for the establishment and preservation of Yosemite, the Sierra, and many other areas.\u00a0 He also fought a long battle against the Hetch Hetchy Dam Project.\u00a0\u00a0 Which is an entirely different story.<\/p>\n

But whenever I hear Hetch Hetchy, I think of\u00a0 one of my least favorite actors…. Anne Heche.\u00a0 And that terrible movie she was in with Harrison Ford, “Six Days, and Seven Nights” or something.\u00a0 It is the only film of Harrison Ford’s that I totally dislike.\u00a0 And this makes me sad.\u00a0 Great.\u00a0 Now I am crying on my keyboard again.<\/p>\n

You know… the other half of the day is gone.. and I still haven’t gotten anything done.<\/p>\n

It is probably going to be a couple years down the road before Apple releases another new OS.\u00a0 I mean… Yosemite just came out.\u00a0\u00a0 JUST.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should just go back a couple of versions.\u00a0 That system was called Mountain Lion.<\/p>\n

Oh forget it… THAT one scared the pee right out of my bladder.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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.\u201d\u00a0 — William Stafford<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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