Paul's Presents
If it wasn't for our friend Paul we would still be living in the dark ages.
Every year he drags us, kicking and screaming, a little closer to technology nirvana. A couple of years ago, he bought us a CD jukebox for Christmas. What a cool deal. All of those CD cases ‘stored’ in complete disarray and all of those leaning CD racks and towers, completely eclipsed in one fell swoop. We took our almost 300 CDs and put them into the CD jukebox, making them instantly more accessible. It was like a walk down memory lane. Remember this one? Oh, remember when we bought this one? Oh, we still have this one? Our CD jukebox is right at the top of the list for most used Christmas gifts.
Last year Paul decided we needed a home network. We were sure he was right because he knows about these things. He was even kind enough to research all of the various rebates. In the end we got a home network for almost nothing. As we are not quite sure what benefits a home network brings, almost free was a good price and gives us great bragging rights.
Paul has been there to cheerlead us into buying the flat panel for our kitchen, the IPOD and the digital camera. He was shocked when we figured out how to buy and install a DVD player all by ourselves, although he will need to come by soon and hook the VCR back up that we wiped out in the process.
When we were remodeling a weekend cottage, of course we sought out Paul to design our sound system. He drew very detailed schematics on graph paper and talked about center channels and other indescribably complicated things. We were in awe. We realize now as we look at the many, many wires in several nooks and crannies that Paul will be our friend for years. Even if we didn’t love him, we would need to keep him around just to manage the technology.
This Christmas, our friend Paul bought us an XM Radio Receiver. We are already hooked. It’s set up in our car, we have paid our subscription, and we have bought a home kit. This weekend we have invited Paul to integrate it into the weekend cottage technology nucleus.
We can't wait to see what we get next year!!
Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive
