We’ve been dealing with the Apple tablet rumors for far too long and I can’t wait any longer. I find myself getting fidgety the closer we get to the rumored announcement of the tablet (or slate). We don’t know for sure what Apple is going to offer us, but we can be sure it will be the best mobile gadget ever made. How could it be less, given all the hype and posturing that has taken place? It does have the folks behind it who gave us the Mac, after all.
As we get closer and closer to the big announcement, whenever it will be, I’ve not been wasting any time. I have positioned myself to take advantage of whatever greatness Steve Jobs is going to offer me. I have cleaned off my desk, and I now have two prominent spots ready. One place for the slate, a prime piece of desk real estate in front of me so I can gaze longingly at it all day. The other spot on the desk is to be ready in case Apple makes a dock the slate can sit in while doing amazing things. Oh, that thought makes me giddy.
I know that such great technology, whatever it might be, can’t be cheap, so I’ve taken adequate steps to insure I am ready to grab one of the very first ones. First up, I sold my car. Heck, that decision was easy, I’m not going anywhere once I have the perfect device in my hands anyway. I’d have to put it down to drive a car, and that’s not going to happen. I also cashed in my kid’s college fund. He’ll learn more by watching me use the slate, anyway. It will be able to tap into all the world’s information, and I’ll pass on that to the kid. One day I might even let him use the slate, but that won’t happen for a good while. Maybe never, given how special I will feel the entire time I use it.
I don’t know what the slate will be like, I can only imagine. It is going to be wonderful, I know that for certain. It will make everything I do much easier than before. It will open up new doors I never even imagined existed. It will take me to places I could not go otherwise. It will make me a better person in every way. And I’ll look cool doing it. Thank you, Mr. Jobs, for whatever you’ll offer up. I’ll pay it gladly.
Note: no devices made by Apple’s competitors were harmed in the writing of this piece. Hopefully anyone reading this will understand that it was all in jest. Hey, I’m still exhausted from CES week. :)

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