The front room of the house has long served as a storage room for the quantities of old computer debris that I have accumulated over the years. Starting yesterday morning I set in motion a clearance program, loading about a ton of ancient (mid-90s) Apple computers - the majority actually fully functional and running OS 7, 8 or 9, and none of which I have finally been forced to confess being of any use to me - into the small car I buzz around in these days, and hauling them down to the local computer store (EPO) which I recently discovered has a recycling program of its own. This load also included a massive CRT monitor that originally cost $1000 when new in 1997, for which I paid $50 about 10 years ago at a HAUG (Houston Apple Users Group) meet, and which EPO gets for free; the Beast weighs almost as much as I do, according to my lower back, and I never really got around to actually using it - it was too heavy for me to lift up onto a table, and thus it spent its time in my company lying face-down on the carpeted floor. Needless to say, this was only the first of who knows how many trips I will have to make before the front room is usable again.

It doesn't help that I came back with two stereo/video receivers, a Harman-Kardon AVR30 and an Onkyo TX-SV535 - according to a quick search on Google, the former is God's gift to mankind, while the latter should be left on the curb. Or something like that. According to someone at EPO one works and the other "needs some repairs," but I forgot which was which. I'll find out soon enough, I suppose.

Anyhow... later.