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mouse angst

  I am — Annoyed. My mouse [along with a great deal of software] has been going crazy. This almost totally handicapped me trying to review students’ work and also Academy scripts. Not good. So, I ordered a new $35 mouse thinking, Well, that is it, the mouse is worn out. The second I order […]

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computer graveyard

  I need — A computer. Not for me. For one of my workshop kids. He is a New York City cop. On a New York City cop’s salary. Paying New York City rent. For two households. Supporting two little girls. He has been struggling to keep writing and keep up with an online workshop […]

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pingback frenzy

  So I am doing — This new project with the blog putting tags into posts. [It is for science dammit.] Which may or may not have interesting results. Right now though the results are real interesting right off but not for the expected reason. See, the way I post — which is usually set […]

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mouse frenzy

  The mouse has gone — Berserk. I knew the mouse was on its last legs because it was kicking up dust over little things like highlighting text. I orderred a new mouse. A pretty cool mouse, or it looked like a pretty cool mouse. A “Mighty Mouse.” It was pretty. It was by Mac. […]

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the mac line

  I am sitting — On hold on the Mac help line after waiting 10 minutes to get a human who took my info and gave me new fun numbers I should keep track of before she put me on another help line that told me it would be a fifteen minute wait for another […]

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i wonder sometimes

  Why do people — Always assume every other sentient being in the universe wants to be like people? This shows up all the time in science fiction. The Cylons want to be like people. The Terminators want to be like people. Statues want to be people. Dolls want to be people. Even angels apparently […]

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i killed the russian

  Today I was working on the forum. There were a few things that needed to be done in there. For one thing a page was broken that let me change out the quote o’ the week so the quote o’ the week has been the quote o’ the month [for, um, five months] and […]

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damn techonology

  Technology is making me crazy today. I tried to post earlier but the wordpress servers kept resetting each time I tried to save something. [Bastard!] My images would not load. Netflix has conveniently logged my returns late again meaning nothing is showing up today that should be. YouTube will not play it keeps starting […]

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