Dear Grimm...

Dear Grimm,

I'm still liking how the last few episodes of the season are spinning out, and I much approve of the return of the Reapers and an episode focusing on the Eisbiebers because I like them lots and lots. Clearly, my sister does as well.

Me: Are the beavers like the annoying boy singer?

Me: Bieber?

slyspider: huh?

Me: Eisbieber/Justin Bieber?

slyspider: no, the beaver people are somewhat likeable


Also, the whole having Monroe to dinner bit, that was classic. The planning, the fumbling, the...vegan salmon. *grins*

However, I would like to mention that you need to do a little work on the writing, which has its spotty moments. See I'm fine with suspending disbelief about the supernatural stuff, but how the hell did those Reapers get from Germany to Portland so quickly? And at the very end, how was the knowledge of where to send the package gleaned? Little details like this bother me.

Looks like next week isn't going to be a mytharc episode, which is a little sad. However, as long as the Monroe quotient is kept high, I will be happy.

Love,
Me

Don't Make Me Take Out My Geek Penis...

As you know, I've been wanting an iPad or tablet on and off for some time. However, lately, I've been wondering if simply getting a new netbook might be the more practical way to go. I read an article at PC World that differentitated between them in terns of how they'd be used. Tablets being more for people who spend the bulk of their time consuming content while a netbook would be more suitable for people who spend more of their time creating content. Pehaps a bit oversimplified an analysis, but it hit at some of my tablet concerns in terms of the software I like and need to have with me to be productive.

For the last little bit, I've been wondering if something like a Nook Tablet or Kindle Fire and netbook combo might be the way to go. I could get both for less than a tablet. At lunch today, I went to Barnes and Noble to play with the tablets, and I had an unpleasant time by running smack into the whole chicks are not tech savvy thing.

The first benefit of the Nook Tablet was that it wasn't as heavy as a full-blown tablet and easier for women to carry around and hold up for a long time when reading. Mmmhmm. I wanted to hand him my bag full of notebooks and writing implements and ask if the weight of a portable device was going to wear me down. Perhaps point out that I read epic fantasy, and that if I could heft a Robert Jordan hardback while reading it, I was fairly certain I could handle a big tablet.

Then as the conversation spun out, the Nook dude felt the need to use downloading Harlequin romances as an example. You can imagine what expression was on my face at that point, yes? After that, I was compelled to ask the following question: "So. Some of the criticism I've head online about the Nook tablet are the retrictive pool of apps for it and the fact that the latest firmware update made sideloading apps from the more robust Android store much more cumbersome and difficult." He was clearly taken aback and said that you never could sideload apps. I pointed out you could if you rooted the device. He said that would void the warranty, and I note that he never really answered my question.

However, he did start talking about RAM and processors and such after that. Honestly, do I really have to whip out my geek penis in order to get tech talk from guys selling gadgets?

Very vexing.