The Janovic Family

Is it me? I was under the impression that a commercial was made so to sell you something.  I have seen 3 commercials now by Microsoft and I still not sure what I’m supposed to buy.  I’m talking about the ones with Jerry Sienfield and Bill Gates.  If you haven’t seen them they are all over the internet so go ahead and search for them.  Don’t get me wrong I got a small chuckle from one of them but really I don’t get it.  If you’re not telling me to buy something what is the point.  Maybe I’m missing the point maybe I’m supposed to by all Microsoft products.  I’m sure they are supposed to be a response to the Apple ad campaign but at least the apple ads are trying to sell you an Apple computer.  I get that.  Could this just be a response to that campaign becuase they have plenty of spare cash and can? 

What do you think?  Leave a comment below if you have an opinion.

So I have been having one of those weeks.  Anyway I never cared about cell phones before but last year I did buy an iPhone.  To be honest since I spend over 2 hours a day on the train I have to admit that I really love this phone.  I have three great devices in one.  I have been following the news of the new iPhone for a while and decided I wasn’t going to upgrade.  My original plan was to upgrade and give Ryan my old iPhone but after talking to AT&T and realizing that they were going to rape me to add a new line to my current plan (that’s a another posting that I will get into later).  I had decided I wasn’t going to upgrade my phone.  And after loading the 2.0 software and downloading a bunch of apps I was as happy with the phone as I had ever been.

So on Friday July 11th I get home from work and decided to clean my pool.  While cleaning my pool Josie a.k.a the red torpedo decided she wanted to go for a swim.

That would have been fine provided I was wearing my swim trunks or she could get out of the pool by herself.  Unfortunately neither of those things were true.  So I jumped in to get her out of the pool forgetting that my phone was in my pocket.  Once I got out of the pool and got into the house and started taking off all my wet clothes I realized that my phone was in my pocket.  I had a moment of panic and realized that the screen went white and that was the last time that phone ever did anything.  When I realized what had happened I was a little sad.

The next morning when I really realized what that meant I was really angry.  So not only did I loose my phone and I had to buy the new one (that in itself wasn’t that bad) but I realized it was now Saturday the 12th the day after the 3G iPhone launched and there was no way I was going to be able to replace it for a while when it hit me.  I feel like I have lost a hand or something and to be honest I still can’t tell if I would rather have the phone or the dog right now.  Don’t get me wrong I love the dog but I spend more time with that phone then I do the dog.  Anyway  I’m sure everything will work out and I guess I’m glad the dog is still here.