The hydrangeas in Mad Sq Park are SHOUTING and waving their pom poms. It's hard to look away.

Hang of GarageBand being gotten, grudgingly. Shopping list: a pickup, replacement midi cable for keyboard, and I am guessing someone somewhere would be happy to trade me money for more tracks and more instruments. I NEED HORNS

Extremely obvious superior feature that I only just realized: does not require a lap; can be held at any crazy angle and manipulated blackberry-style, as I am doing right now. I hadn't identified this fact as such (thought it was just aesthetics mostly) but I think this is the #1 reason I do indeed to my surprise take it places I wouldn't my netbook, viz., everywhere, especially thanks to my beloved yummy Tags.