well my dell laptop finally decided to up and die on me...never to be revived again possibly. So in a moment of absolute frustration with microsoft I went out and bought a new little baby:

and I LOVE IT. At 4.9 lbs it's weighs half of that clunker they gave us at the med school and it's so much fun to play with :P so despite returning to the cold cleveland weather next week, I have a new toy to keep my spirits high. ¶ 09:44