It’s still up in the air. There are a lot of things I don’t need (such as a laptop, video gaming system, or mail-order Russian bride), but I’ve already got one item in my cart on amazon.com just waiting to be purchased: a new battery for my current laptop.
The one I have now lasts for about… three minutes. I’m not kidding. If I’m sitting on my bed and accidentally wiggle the cord a little bit loose—it doesn’t even need to come all the way out of the computer—I’ll be typing and the whole thing will suddenly turn itself off. If I want to move from one room in the house to another, I either have to move quickly or shut it down. Or it’ll shut down on its own.
Given that a new battery should cost about 25 bucks, I’m thinking that’ll be less expensive than upgrading completely, which would give me more money to pay for something I don’t need, such as a mail-order Russian bride. That’s important because I don’t know of any websites that offer special deals for inexpensive women on Cyber Monday.
