After consulting the computer repair service in California, I opted against sending out my system just yet. I still plan to, but I'll be waiting until after the holidays are over and things in general calm down. In the meantime, I picked up a gig of RAM and switched it into my good slot, so I'm still around for the time being ( Read more... )

      So apparently I'm going to be without my computer again. After having some troubles with the HDD overheating in the last couple days (my co-workers run this place like an oven), my T30 has fallen prey to what is apparently a rather common problem with the solder joints that connect the memory to the motherboard, causing one of the slots to ( Read more... )

      Let me kick this off by showing, not telling:

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      So it's been a while since I updated. Almost a year, in fact. So little to say. So little done. Stagnation. I haven't been writing because I've been bored, depressed. My creativity has dried up almost entirely, and I haven't written anything meaningful in months. When I try, nothing comes out. So, sorry to everyone who cares, to my ( Read more... )

      I'll be in Bingo for a night and a day this coming Wednesday into Thursday, the 19th into the 20th, to coincide with Conley's visiting. Cynthia will be along, too. We'll be staying over in a hotel and arriving in town hopefully around 2000 that night. If anyone wants to see me, hang out, hit Denny's, whatever, I'm available ( Read more... )

      My 2007 can be summed up thus:
"In life you have to do a lot of things you don't want to do. Many times, that's what the fuck life is... One vile fucking task after another."
.Al Swearengen, 'Deadwood'      And that's basically how it all went down. 2007 is fast going onto the books as one of my worst years to date, with only the most ( Read more... )

      Been a while ( Read more... )

      Normally wouldn't bother with these, but this one was a little too good to pass up.

No. No, that sounds about right, actually.

      Getting all four of my wisdom teeth yanked in about an hour. They're putting me under IV sedation. I am not happy with this. I don't like the idea of being forced to sleep with a provisional guarantee of waking up. Yeah, I know, this is ridiculously routine. I still don't like it.

      As none of you know, Yr. Stalwart Protagonist has been trying to eat healthier, of late. The problem is that I realized, somewhere along the way, that I was eating too much crap, and I've noticed my health suffering for it in small ways. Nothing dramatic, just a loss of energy and the like. I definitely put on my winter coat, and it's time ( Read more... )