MacBook Pro 15in w/Touch Bar 2.7GHz i7 QC 16GB/512GB/455 2GB – Space Gray – Used

I got the Magic 8 ball and gave it some upgrades so I am ready for my annual predictions:

Apple

Apple will become a $1 trillion dollar company in 2018 by market capitalization Apple will bring back its $200 billion from overseas and make an out-of-character acquisition Apple HomePod will ship and will make Alexa seem like a “Chatty Cathy“

Politics

• Donald Trump will not be President by the end of the year
• Dems will regain control of both the House and Senate
• A bi-partisan infrastructure bill will pass
• Some prominent Republicans will publicly break from supporting the President

Weather

• Vermont will get a lot of snow and have a horrible mud season but a wonderfully hot summer
• No hurricanes will touch the Florida Keys
• More words like bombogenesis will be created to name weather phenomena

Sports

The Boston Celtics will win the NBA championship over the Warriors when Gordon Hayward returns to play the 6th man for the playoffs The Chicago Cubs rebound from the World Series hangover and win it again The North Koreans will win a gold medal at the Olympics The USA women’s hockey team will win an Olympic medal The Patriots will lose, please Hockey? Who cares? Okay, I’m going for the Detroit Red Wings because they toss octopuses on the ice!

Space

Yes, folks this WILL be the year for confirm alien contact (see the politics section) Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy will launch gigantic payloads as the most powerful rocket ever There will be one death from space debris

The sun is out here and other than the people walking by with coats on you could not tell it was in the 50s. On the other hand, Emily tells me that the snow is coming down, the temperatures dropping, and we are getting notifications from UPS of delivery and pick-up delays.

I will be heading out to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show this week. I have a number of meetings but I am mostly going to see the new stuff and get a handle on what the future of technology might be. I remember several years ago when the first drones appeared at the show and now there is literally a complete hall for drones. I wonder what will be new this year. Okay, I am also going to place my annual $50 bet at the sports book on the Cubs and the Celtics.

Jezebel loves the dog park so much that she strained a muscle playing with all the other dogs. When we get to the park she immediately runs to greet every dog and then runs all out with the dogs until she is so tired she asks to leave. Well, a little too much roughhousing got her a strain, some pain and she can’t see her buddies for a few weeks while she heals.

Thank you so much for reading this issue of Kibbles & Bytes!

Your Kibbles & Bytes Team,

Don & Emily