I don't know; this may be my last LJ post.  The last couple I made, there was an option to use the old posting interface, but no longer.  I need lines and borders and options visible, dammit!  Why the hell should the choices be tucked away "discreetly" at the bottom of the page?  I despise a blank page, with no visual guidance to separate the title ( Read more... )

 
The word came from the governor's office today -- the state will lift all covid restrictions starting July 1st, because we're "close enough" to the 60% vaccination rate that the Governor said was our goal.

BUT! The overall vax rate for the state is 59.4%. The southeast quadrant of the state has a much lower rate; Lea County specifically (mine) ( Read more... )

It's income-tax season in the U.S. I don't like tax-prep software because it doesn't show or explain the process. I've used it for the past 5 or 6 years because things were a bit complicated; I had a mortgage and school expenses, and some other stuff.

But all that no longer applies; this year I was looking forward to doing my taxes myself, in ( Read more... )

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So, folks -- I know how to do things with the computer -- Photoshop, MS Word, etc. -- but I don't really know about computers. I'm stumped; can anyone point me in the right direction ( Read more... )

And it particularly comes out when I'm watching live TV, and a commercial comes on. (If I'm watching time-shifted TV, I just FF through the ads ( Read more... )

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So, I finally had time to sit down this afternoon and fuss with the Firefox address bar, and it not showing my most visited sites. After a lot of searching and Googling, I found a Firefox "refresh" button. It worked! All of my previous "most visited sites" showed up. AND! The app to make the "location bar" look like like the older versionI ( Read more... )

*grumble, grumble, spit & hiss* Damn corporations that provide no alternate means of contact ( Read more... )

For the next two & 1/2 weeks, students will be taking the national, standardized, CRT tests. (No, I'm not sure what the initials mean.) Usually, this is a time for us ancillary personnel to catch up on paperwork. But the sixth grade needs more people to divide the students into small groups, so the special ed director assigned me. At least it's ( Read more... )

We have a new episode of Hawaii Five-0 tonight, in which the mystery of "Shelburn" may or may not be mentioned. I know a TV show would never address it, but that name grates on me, and I want to express my irritation to the universe, so maybe I'll get a little mental peace ( Read more... )

You know how communities urge their citizens to 'buy local'? I can totally get behind that... but what does one do when 'local' doesn't offer the item one wants? Grrr ( Read more... )