After little less than a year, our Xbox 360 has succumbed to the 3 red rings of death. After speaking with "Adrian" in multi-click phone transfer land, we receive an incredibly well-designed (and, I'm assuming, oft-used) shipping box system to send back the unit. At Christmas. Via UPS. Yeah, not expecting to see any gaming for a while.
Tom Petty died today, aged 66. I won't claim to be a huge Tom Petty fan, but I've bought an album or two and sang along in the car to one of those songs everyone knows. I'll stream a lot of his catalog today to remember the songs I've heard once or hundreds of times.
I also owe Petty credit for a singular moment in my life, and one I never expected to last in my mind.
Nearly 20 years ago, I was a fresh-ish faced transplant to Ann Arbor, MI by way of my first "real job" out of college, working for a software company in Dexter. I was renting a house with some other folks who'd also been displaced as a result of a fire at my first apartment. I was the only family member East of Lansing, which made me a contact point for anyone going through Detroit Metro airport.
Which is how my uncle Dean came to spend a few hours with me one evening. At the time, my grandparents (his parents) were wintering in Texas. My grandfather had health problems most of his life and…
I also owe Petty credit for a singular moment in my life, and one I never expected to last in my mind.
Nearly 20 years ago, I was a fresh-ish faced transplant to Ann Arbor, MI by way of my first "real job" out of college, working for a software company in Dexter. I was renting a house with some other folks who'd also been displaced as a result of a fire at my first apartment. I was the only family member East of Lansing, which made me a contact point for anyone going through Detroit Metro airport.
Which is how my uncle Dean came to spend a few hours with me one evening. At the time, my grandparents (his parents) were wintering in Texas. My grandfather had health problems most of his life and…
It went out via UPS this morning...we'll see how long it takes to get it back. Damn Microsoft.
ReplyDeleteI saw a couple posts about people getting replacements within a month, so here's hoping. Thanks for dropping that off.
ReplyDeleteWow that sucks. I will think of you while i am playing Call of Duty 4.
ReplyDeleteLuckily I bought Call of Duty for PC, so I'm all good. Got all those laptops yet, Rapala?
ReplyDeleteNo i have not found them all. Right now i believe i am at 16 of 30. Been thru the game once. Now i am working on the second time at a slower pace doing the searches.
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