TT: New Monitor

My old computer monitor died about a couple of weeks ago. It has always been a little iffy, but it went right in to “this screen will never show anything more that a gray flicker” mode and no amount of whacking would fix it. I had to get a new one.

1. My new monitor is 18.5″. The old one was 14″. I didn’t care much at the time I bought it, but I’m noticing the difference.

2. I’m the kind of person who keeps half a dozen windows open all the time. Finally my desk top is big enough to show most of them. Well, more of them anyway.

3. Movies are more fun.

4. But the computer doesn’t run any faster than it ever did. Don’t know why I keep thinking it should.

5. It was expensive.

6. As I was leaving Wal-Mart with it (yeah, I know, but they really did have the best price in town) the “greeter” made us stop and show the receipt. She oohed and aahed over how “cheap” it was. Uh… yeah.

7. I almost bought a whole new system instead through ebay. It was cheaper.

8. Except it turned out to not be new, but “refurbished.”

9. And I would have had to wait days for it to arrive.

10. And I couldn’t wait days. NaNo was about to start!

11. Turns out I think more clearly when I”m sitting at my desk than when I’m lounging with my laptop.

12. But I don’t write any faster.

13. How big is your screen?

I was going to do one with a two-headed giraffe, but it will have to wait until next week.

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