So in the last two weeks both laptops have gone kabluie! Flan spilt root beer on one and the recent hand-me-down I discovered is plagued with uncurable diseases and all of the friggin software and the operation system are not genuine Microsoft.

So, computer one. All but the keyvboard seem to be in working order. The keyboard at first refused to respond now it responds but it is all googly. I read several mentions recently of keyboard cleaning. How exactly do you do that without breaking the keys?

Computer two I am thinking of just wiping clean to get rid of bugs and starting over. Can that actually be done? I have a new legal version of XP and Office to put back on it.

We turned off the cable so I have no television to keep my sanity. I need the internet to start my new online tutoring gig as well. Who can live without a computer anyway? Where would you keep notes? How could you live without Excel?

Any suggestions would be welcome. Computer one is less than a yr old so I'd hate to chuck it. Computer 2 was free so anything goes to try and fix it (or could I just run it in "safe mode" forever?).

Thank you. I would be more than happy to bribe advice with cookies. My oatmeal cinnamon choco chip are mean mean cookie machines.

RIP, 1979-2005:
My tolerance for anyone's flaky bullshit.

You want to hang out with me? You best come correct. Honest, straightforward, considerate. As long as those conditions are met, I can hang with anything.

This is a public service announcement AND an obituary in one.

As I believe I have stated before, I have been cutting back on caffinated beverages. I've been doing pretty well. No coffee at work in the morning unless I'm REALLY REALLY tired and need it. Only getting coffee out if I'm meeting a friend.

Anyway, it's become really difficult. Now that it's cold, it's like, all I want to do is have my mocha. It's all I can think about. Oooo, it's snowing! Wouldn't it be nice to have a mocha right now? Oh, you can't. Wow, this walk home is cold, look, there's the Grind Coffee shop that I pass every day, keep walking, oh look and here comes the obligatory corner Starbucks that I pass every day, keep walking! KEEP WALKING IN THE COLD SINGLE-DIGIT WEATHER WITH NO WARM CHOCOLATEY WHIP CREAM TOPPED GOODNESS TO KEEP YOU WARM!!!! WHY is this drink FIVE DOLLARS?!?! It doesn't even have BOOZE in it!! But you know what? I don't WANT booze. I don't. ALL I WANT IS MY MOCHA!!!! WHY ARE YOU SO EXPENSIVE YOU STUPID MOCHA!!!!! WHY DO YOU TASTE SO GOOD!?!?! WHY IS IT SO COLD OUTSIDE!!!!???? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?! WHY WHY WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????

Egg Nog



For or Against?

Discuss.

Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Nina Simone

Commence arguing!

John Lennon died 25 years ago today.


Watchin' the Wheels

People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing
Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that I'm OK well they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game

People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall
Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball

Chorus
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

People asking questions lost in confusion
Well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry, I'm just sitting here doing time

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I always laugh when he sings "merry go ra-hoound" like a dog.