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interesting poem

Last week in class the rabbi distributed a poem by Yehudah Amichai that I like:
( A man n his life )

I don't see the conflict with Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) that Amichai does. It says "a season for every purpose"; it doesn't say only one per, in either direction. (The rabbi chuckled when I pointed that out.)

I thought I would have more to say about this text, but I'm having trouble articulating it. Oh well; I still wanted to share (and record for myself) the poem.

cheap Macs?

Dear LJ brain trust,

I'd like to get an inexpensive laptop. It won't be my main machine; it's for travel and other situations where portability is useful. So it doesn't need to be studly; it just needs to be reliable and support basic tools like Firefox, emacs, SSH, FTP, and that sort of thing.

This would be a prime opportunity to explore the Macintosh, which some of my friends rave about, except for one little thing: I can get a (new) Dell laptop for around $400, but Macs start at $1100. Is there some less-expensive option I'm missing?