Santa Claus Conquers the Gremlins!
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captainsblogLittle by little, we're getting things under control here.
The garage door fix was amazingly quick. It was indeed just a slipped cable, and the guy had the door running like a very cold Swiss watch within about 15 minutes. First, though, I scared the shit out of him; as I walked through the garage to point out the pulley which seemed slipped, he noted that I was walking directly under a spring which, at that second, was all that was holding up 500 pounds of about-my-age wood on that side and which had no guarantee of defying gravity if the door decided to go down straight rather than in a parabola. Yet, much like Gloria Gaynor, I survived.
Puter is also behaving more betterly. I reinstalled the latest version of Firefox, somehow managed to carry over my profile from the previous version, and so far my Lexulous and photo functions are back working. (I much prefer leaving IE in the state in which it works the best: off. ) I then got both printer cartridges to run out almost simultaneously; that is awesome, because it means one fewer "alignment" procedure which seems designed, like most of this printer's functions, primarily to make you buy more ink more often.
My desk is relatively clear going into a Saturday, which is a good thing because I will be away tomorrow from 8 until at least 3:30. It's an all-day church workshop which I will say more about after getting out of it tomorrow, but suffice that it's something I've planned on doing for quite some time now.
About the only downer is that my add-on of userpics expired yesterday. I'm not sure, but I think I lost some of the "loyalty" ones I'd acquired back before the add-on, since it's only giving me six above the paid-account minimum at the moment. It's only 5 or 10 bucks for the add-on, but it's way more than I'll ever use, so I may go through my list and ex-perr-eee-ment with which ones I can truly live without.
Eleanor left the house this morning with a cuuuute mitten. I presume you'll be seeing it, and possibly its identical twin, sometime soon.
Oh, and listen! The dog's going bonkers, so she must be home:)
The garage door fix was amazingly quick. It was indeed just a slipped cable, and the guy had the door running like a very cold Swiss watch within about 15 minutes. First, though, I scared the shit out of him; as I walked through the garage to point out the pulley which seemed slipped, he noted that I was walking directly under a spring which, at that second, was all that was holding up 500 pounds of about-my-age wood on that side and which had no guarantee of defying gravity if the door decided to go down straight rather than in a parabola. Yet, much like Gloria Gaynor, I survived.
Puter is also behaving more betterly. I reinstalled the latest version of Firefox, somehow managed to carry over my profile from the previous version, and so far my Lexulous and photo functions are back working. (I much prefer leaving IE in the state in which it works the best: off. ) I then got both printer cartridges to run out almost simultaneously; that is awesome, because it means one fewer "alignment" procedure which seems designed, like most of this printer's functions, primarily to make you buy more ink more often.
My desk is relatively clear going into a Saturday, which is a good thing because I will be away tomorrow from 8 until at least 3:30. It's an all-day church workshop which I will say more about after getting out of it tomorrow, but suffice that it's something I've planned on doing for quite some time now.
About the only downer is that my add-on of userpics expired yesterday. I'm not sure, but I think I lost some of the "loyalty" ones I'd acquired back before the add-on, since it's only giving me six above the paid-account minimum at the moment. It's only 5 or 10 bucks for the add-on, but it's way more than I'll ever use, so I may go through my list and ex-perr-eee-ment with which ones I can truly live without.
Eleanor left the house this morning with a cuuuute mitten. I presume you'll be seeing it, and possibly its identical twin, sometime soon.
Oh, and listen! The dog's going bonkers, so she must be home:)
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