Hear that whistling sound? Like the wind through a desolate canyon or an empty alleyway, smashing litter and loose papers up against dirty brick walls. Huh? Well the desolation is my hard drive, the litter is the debris of a crazy week and the papers…well actually I’m always surrounded by papers.
My stripped bare, shiny clean laptop is cured of it’s horrible virus. NOTE: I do NOT want to hear even one more reference to how the almighty MAC never gets infected! While it may be true, I fail to see how that will benefit my present circumstances in the least. harumpf!
After suffering the indignity, condescension and eye-rolling of my neighborhood tech geeks, I think my documents and images are safely back in their proper folders. My email, address book and browser have been restored; I even got back all my bookmarks and browsing history. It’s true I’m still shy several programs that will actually allow me to access said bookmarks…I miss Bloglines, all my PDFs, and I’m sure much more I don’t even know about yet.
I am hardly a wizard but I’m no Luddite either. I’ve been driving for 34 years; I’m a good driver, too. OK, I did get a speeding ticket this past week but that was the first time I’d even been pulled over in 30 years…I’m telling you, it was that kind of week. I’m no closer to understanding the internal workings of a combustion engine than I was in 1975. My point is, I’ve been a willing participant in the computer age since they became a domestic appliance. Granted, for my purposes it’s sort of an elaborate typewriter with a sophisticated correction key and dynamite file drawers; I’m not mapping genomes or calculating market derivatives. So shoot me if my eyes roll back in my head when someone half my age treats me like an idiot for not understanding their techno-gobbledy-gook!
Clearly I’m still not fit for public correspondence. Anyway, I’m supposed to be preparing for the huge party we’re throwing today in honor of my son’s graduation from high school. 70# of baby back ribs have been grilled (thank you Uncle!) and 5 giant coolers of beverages are stocked. We’ve got 25# of potato salad and a slab of cake the size of Oregon, 3 tents, 4 tables, 28 folding chairs… Did I mention that after 29 days of glorious weather it’s raining?!!?
Yeah, it’s just been that kind of week.
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Glad to hear your up and running and posting again. Rain is actually helpful right now. My cucumbers leapt this weekend. Thanks for having a party it always changes the forecast for the worst, or the better depending on perspective. Have a fun Party. D.