Training for the MREA Fair
Annie and I will fly tomorrow morning to Custer, Wisconsin in preparation for this weekend’s MREA Fair. The BHM merchandise was sent earlier. I’ve been doing a series of “core strengthening” back exercises for three weeks to keep my suspect back from going belly-up on me.
We’re also tuning up our computers in preparation for BHM’s transition to a new desktop publishing system — Adobe Creative Suites 3 — the issue after next. Annie’s two-year-old Toshiba Satellite laptop did not have enough memory to support CS3, so I gave her my one-year-old suped-up Toshiba Tecra, and bought myself an even more suped-up Tecra. (Sammy took all his savings and bought Annie’s Satellite.) These Tecras are about the best laptops you can buy, in my opinion, and they enable us, as BHM editors, to be extremely efficient in the performance of our jobs. It’s just like with a chainsaw: Buy a lousy machine and you’ve poured your time, as well as your money, down the drain.
We’re looking forward to the Fair. Lots of old friends there, as well as BHM readers who visit the Fair year after year. I intend to kick back and yack with readers and let Annie do all the work.
