Ok, so I found a partial handling for the gaming problems.  For about $24 I bought a copy of Tomb Raider: Trilogy  for my PS3.  I know, one of the games in the trilogy was Tomb Raider: Underworld, which I already had for the PS3, but now I have 2 more games to keep me busy for a while.  Plus, as a bonus, the Trilogy disc had some outfits that my ( Read more... )

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I finally got the computer thing dealt with, picked them both up yesterday afternoon, and when I got home, started getting upset.

( Computer & storm woes . . . )

about jumping the gun to satisfy emotion.  It usually doesn't work.

( gripe about Skyrim gaming . . . )

I really should have known.  Or at least it seems that way in retrospect.

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Ok, I'm home.  Had a good, safe trip, but not an altogether fun one.  Still, I'm counting it as a success.

On health issues, the MD (Dr. Kahn, if you're into Sci-Fi that should get a slight LOL) took a look at the x-rays that were done in Mt. Vernon, MO, and said, "They're too dark, there's not much detail, and they were poorly focused."  He couldn' ( Read more... )

Well, here we go.

After months of requests, debates, and at least one argument between myself and my new primary care doctor at the Mount Vernon, MO VA clinic, I've gotten a referral to a rheumatologist - but this one is at the Little Rock, AR, VA regional hospital.

The appointment is tomorrow morning, so I'm getting ready to leave right after lunch ( Read more... )

I've posted several times about the crazy things I've encountered when going to the VA for healthcare.

Here's another one.

The medical condition ("bamboo spine") I'm trying to find out for sure if I have causes it to become "not advisable" for a person to get chiropractic adjustments, due to an extreme risk of actually causing a broken back from the ( Read more... )

Today in my "Inbox" email, I got an invitation to join Dropbox.

Prior to receiving the invitation, I had never heard of Dropbox. Of course, the invitation link went to a shielded page where all you can do is view a promo-video or sign up.  No other information is available.  That alone makes me suspicious.

What I want to know is, what are their ( Read more... )

THANK YOU!

After all of the drama my computer has caused over the last few weeks, I owe a huge "THANK YOU" to unixronin  for sending me a replacement graphics adapter card (actually, he sent 2 of them) to get me over the problem.  I got the package this afternoon, and after a couple of more emails between us while I sorted out the best way to update the ( Read more... )