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We are all heading up to Centennial Field in Burlington for the last game of the Vermont Lake Monsters, Vermont’s Single A short-season minor league team. As the baseball and football seasons overlap over the next six weeks or so, I frequently take time to listen to the late George Carlin’s monologue on baseball versus football. I’m a baseball fan first—I love the game for its subtleness, the details (the “game of inches”), and of course, this year I am watching every Cubs game that I can as we see if the 100-year curse is over for my team.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life. Football begins in the fall, when everything’s dying.

Watch George Carlin’s famous bit here.

The next big Apple event is Tuesday. The “Let’s Rock” event will likely herald this year’s new offerings for iPods and music from the market leader in these categories. There is a lot of anticipation and guessing going on but we’ll have to wait for Steve to take the stage at the special event in San Francisco to see exactly what Apple’s been working on for the past several months. We’ll have pictures for you in next week’s Kibbles!

Hapy is out for the next couple of weeks recovering from shoulder surgery. Hapy participates in heavy athletics and suffered a sports injury, but they were able to repair the damage with orthoscopic surgery. However, he won’t be doing much typing for a few weeks; he’ll probably just be annoying us with video iChats.

We have some amazing bargains right now on 17-inch MacBook Pros and some Mac Pros. These are the best values we have had all year on professional machines. Be sure to check out some of the specials below!