July 14, 2005

• Just a Quickie

  
  

  Yeah, it’s Thursday again and I’m on the library’s computer.  This time, I’m not concerned with the timer.  I won’t be here long.

  
  

  Josh’s associate David from the comp shop called me Tuesday to let me know our new machine is ready to be picked up.  Nearly all of the important (expensive) components had survived, including the hard drive and its OS data — XP and Red Hat Linux.  They had to replace a RAM stick and the cooling fan and heat sink, and the case, of course.  Ever see a computer case that’s dented both inside and out, from being tossed around with a heavy copper heat sink rattling around inside?  Not a pretty site.

  
  

  I wouldn’t be scheduled to drive the rehab van until next Thursday, but my alternate driver Jennifer had a family crisis so I’m covering for her this week.  With this trip looming ahead and my knowing that with this damned chronic fatigue I’d still be recuperating today if I’d run into town Tuesday, I decided to wait.  I spent the intervening time cleaning the computer desk.  It was reassuring to find that the top was still the same color it was when we assembled it, after I removed the jillions of scraps of paper that had been laid down in geological strata in the three years or so since we put the desk together.

  
  

  Something funny is going on here with my HTML.  The words “computer” and “van” are highlighted and underlined.  Xanga did it, not me.  What gives? 

  
  

  Okay, I said I’d be out of here quickly.  Gotta go.

  
  

  

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