Caught and Called Out by my Wife.

The title is probably a little misleading. I don't sneak around or hide anything from my wife. It's just that keeping her in the loop about every little thing I happen to be doing isn't always at the top of my to-do list. It's not really very interesting, but since I wrote that I was going to post something about this otherwise insignificant episode, I suppose I have obligated myself.

I was typing along, just finishing up my last post, when over my shoulder I hear, "What are you doing?". I say, "I'm writing a note regarding my next computer build on my blog".

"You have a blog?"
"Technically, but nobody reads it, so no pressure."
"You're building another computer?"
"Yep. Didn't you see all the boxes?"
"Yeah, but you hate to write."
"Well, I thought it might be helpful to someone."
"Who's going to read it?"
"I don't know. Maybe no one, but somebody might stumble across it and find something useful about it."
"But you hate writing. You don't even like people and there's already a ton of that stuff on the..."
"I'm getting hungry. What's for dinner?"
While she pauses to think a minute, still looking over my shoulder, I type in " (for which I intend to attempt an explanation in my next post: "Caught and Called Out by my Wife")."
She laughs a little and says, "What would you like? Schlotzsky's sounds good."

It did, so I went and on the way there and back, I gave some thought to why I was doing this. Not fetching dinner. That part is easy. I have a well founded concern for her ability to correctly place my order. Clever girl. She always insists it is accidental, but I know better. It's so cute when I let her think she has manipulated me into doing something I would have done anyway if she had just asked. Oh well, contentment breeds happiness and we are content with one another..

She was right. I do hate writing. Other than finding it tedious, I'm smart enough to realize that I generally suck at it and I'm not particularly interested in getting better. I have enough of a utilitarian grasp of the process that I can still get a point across and that's good enough for me and all that's really required here.

She's wrong about me not liking people though. I just don't trust humans. There are people I would trust with my life, people I would trust with my money and people I would trust with my personal relationships. There are a few people I would trust with as many as two of those at once, but experience has taught me that there isn't anyone who can be trusted with all three simultaneously for any extended period of time and the overwhelming majority can't be trusted with ANY of those things for ANY length of time.

As to why I'm bothering to write any of this. Simple. When I started, it was cold and rainy outside and I thought it would give me something constructive to do. Nothing profound. Now, even though I don't find it particularly enjoyable, I feel like I need to see it through and finish it. 

Anyway, enough about this and my personal predispositions.

I also promised a bit of an explanation of the "buttery factor" for those who are unfamiliar with the term. "Buttery" is a regional southern colloquialism tantamount to "cool", "bitchin'" or "bad" (in a good way), but a little more nuanced. It is meant to convey a classy feeling of tasteful smoothness in the same way that the creamy goodness of properly cultured real butter does. It's comforting and just more satisfying than even a quality imitation.  It's the real deal like a Charlie Parker saxaphone solo or the fretability (action) on a Les Paul Custom Deluxe or a pair of comfortable handmade italian leather loafers*.

You can always get by with something less, but why settle if you don't have to. Think ahead, do your homework, know what you want, make a plan to get it and stick with it. In the long run, you'll be glad you did and you'll be less likely to experience buyer's remorse. See what I mean? Buttery...mmm-mmm-good!

Next up, while I wait for more Haswell news to trickle out, I'll look at storage options; mSATA cards, SSD's, HDD's and such. I think I've settled on the 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD. I'll go over why next time I get bored.


* If you like that sort of thing. I prefer my Danner-Super Rain Forests.

EDIT: There was a little kerfuffle over most existing PSU's not being able to cope with a couple of Haswell's low power states and I thought I might have to forget about waiting on test results for the new CPU before making a decision (Yes, I like my PSU that much),  but today I seen that Seasonic has certified the SS-520FL Platinum as Haswell Ready so I'm gonna wait it out and devour the reviews when they come out. Ivy Bridge and AMD aren't out of the running yet though.