I sit today, at the crest of a large, looming decision which MUST be made today. There have been discussions, and we have see-sawed back and forth over the choices, here in the Such Is Life household.

Well, it’s a large and looming decision for US, because we need to decide one way or the other on three different options, so as to go ahead and make some flight plans for some of the possibilities:

1) Coachella, 2009. In mid-April, this is a huge outdoor music festival in sunny California. Which typically would never really be of much interest us old farts. However, this year the lineup includes Paul McCartney, Amy Winehouse, Canada’s legendary Leonard Cohen, and many, many more stellar performers we are fans of. So, for Mrs. That Dan Guy’s next bit of pending holiday time, this has become a contender in our three-way race for general amusement.
2) Vegas, in March. Again, falling into the time frame that MTDG needs to use holiday time, there are a few acts we might head south to see, in glitzy Vegas showrooms. Even though technically we have just RETURNED from Vegas only a few short weeks ago, neither one of us has much strength when it comes to resisting the siren song lure of Las Vegas. If most people eventually retire to Florida or Arizona, we will most likely end up living under the giant golden lion, outside the entrance to MGM…
3) Stay at home - and finally use my birthday coupon to buy a Mac. While this would still allow MTDG to take some time off, and simply stay at home surrounded by the awe and wonder of an actual functional computer system, we are really on the fence over this option. I have come to determine that many of my computer woes with Windows Vista are related to some sort of interference somewhere here in our house – it works fine whenever we are elsewhere, like...say…LAS VEGAS!!!

(Ironically, while I was putting this post together, and trying to discount Option #3, my wireless keyboard disconnected from the computer, and a back-up stopped the whole system in its tracks, which is why today’s blog is appearing so late. Can I wait until August for Mac? We’ll just have to see…)

There you have it folks – three entirely opposing possibilities, of which we will have to choose only ONE before the sun sets on today.

It is anyone’s guess which option will bubble up to a glitzy, casino-filled first-place decision…

Chow for now!