A Very Special Thank You

..to Noel, the "iPod Genius" at the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue.

Thanks for not being sarcastic and dry. Thanks for asking a bunch of questions about what went wrong with my iPod over the past couple days, and allowing me to explain them thoroughly. Thanks for taking an in-depth look and exhauting every possible diagnostic resource available before telling me oh-so-politely that my little white baby kicked the bucket.

Thanks a lot.