A little after four o-clock, my boss, who had taken the day off to play golf with the other managers, called from the course and told everyone to go home. He told the guy he left in charge that the weather was nice that nobody in his charge should be stuck in the office, so by proxy he let us all leave early. Ecstatically surprised, I shot out of the building and onto the highway -- Destination: BEST BUY. Yesterday I went window shopping for a computer during my lunch hour, then slept on it, and had determined to buy a box on Saturday. But the early release on Friday afternoon was just the right impetus to buck the plan and go a little crazy. Not too crazy, though, since I bought the least expensive computer possible for about $450 with a $50 rebate 8 weeks from now:
