Rodney's Soapbox by Rodney O. Lain Current Column Evangelist’s Diary #1: ‘Forget Circuit City… I’m Working At Micro Center!’ - Septemerb 8th, 2000   Archived Columns August 2000 Shhh! Shhhh! Don't Evangelize The Mac! - August 25th, 2000 It Never Was The 'Computer For The Rest Of Us' - August 11th, 2000 July 2000 An Apology To The Rumor Sites… This Time - July 28th, 2000 Most Recent Columns From Rodney's Soapbox Evangelist’s Diary #1: ‘Forget Circuit City… I’m Working At Micro Center!’ September 8th Shhh! Shhhh! Don't Evangelize The Mac! August 25th It Never Was The 'Computer For The Rest Of Us' August 11th Rodney's Soapbox Archives Back to The Mac Observer For More Mac News! Rodney O. Lain ( first used an Apple computer to learn BASIC in 1980-81. He used PCs from the late 1980s until 1995, where he was forced to teach a college writing course with the assistance of Windows 95 machines. After noticing that the all-Mac lab next door didn’t have five computers crashing every day, he bought his first Power Macintosh, back when educator’s discounts were true discounts. It’s been OS bliss ever since. Having worked as a college prof, a journalist, and a tech-support specialist, he currently is a manager at major shipping-and-logistics corporation. He currently lives in Minnesota with his wife, who has finally accepted the fact that her husband has a relationship with his PowerBook G3 that borders on the sexual.