It used to be that if you wanted to find me in my neighborhood (i.e. if I wasn't at home), you usually would have to look no further than Tower Records or Barnes & Noble, both a block and a half away.
A year ago Tower Records closed and I was terribly depressed. Spent more time at Barnes & Noble, though their excuse for a music department and complete lack of knowledgeable staff rubbed salt in the wound.
Thanksgiving week, Best Buy opened a few blocks away. Slightly bigger music selection than B&N and same lack of educated staff, but oh the gadgets!
If you know me, you know I like gadgets and I now get to wander wide-eyed through the aisles thinking up my wish list. I carry napkins for the drool that occasionally escapes the corner of my mouth. I bump into people a lot.
It's fun to see what's out and what's new, but it is also a sad reminder that as much as I am a gadget guy, my current stock of goodies are a bit behind the times. (Warning: Only gadget people may likely understand and/or appreciate the following!) I have a 4G iPod (though may have to go 6G as my measly 20GB drive is almost full and I want video), my GPS doesn't have integrated bluetooth, my digital SLR shoots only 6MP and my DVD player does not upconvert to 1080i (only have a 720p TV but who cares . . . gotta have it).
I know, I know - poor, poor boy . . . But you don't understand. Walking through Best Buy makes me want to be the best gadget guy I can be.
Maybe the Easter Bunny - ahem - I mean the Passover Porcupine will bring me goodies.
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