Lately I find myself lusting. Lusting for something so close, and yet still just a bit too far. I am lusting for a Mac.

Let me clarify. Not "Mac" the local lawn care entrepreneur, or "Mac" the guy that sweeps out the dingo cage at the zoo - "Mac", the alternative to Bill Gates' world of windows and general PC computer tomfoolery.

I started out on computers with a Mac, many, many, many, many, many, many years ago. Loooved it!! Easy to use, inexpensive to maintain once the hardware was initially purchased.

However, it didn't have all the software options of the Maxi-Soft world. So, I began back then to lust after one of those super-popular Windy-Ohs computers.

And once I initially converted, I spent many a smiling day in front of my new computer system. Sold my beloved Mac, and never looked back. Aside from crashes, viruses, worms, incessant requirements to upgrade every aspect of my computer's day-to-day operating functions - I liked Windy-Ohs.

But now, Mac is surging back into popularity. I've taped every one of those "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC commercials" (if THOSE don't qualify for Emmies, I'm selling my Zenith floor model). I wish I had one of those i-pods. Or an i-phone. I'd even settle for an i-extension cord.

Now, with my recent computer (Maxi-Soft, Windy-Ohs) woes, I wonder if I should take the opportunity to switch over to Mac, once again.

However, looking at the fine print of those User Agreements that you have to check off when you install a Maxi-Soft program, or buy any computer product that works with Windy-Ohs, I discover that in skimming past all the words, and just clicking "I Agree", I have entered into several 200-year contracts.

We'll just have to see where the Wind blows...

Chow for now!!