My computer is still messed up, but sometimes runs long enough to access the web a bit. To top that, I awakened at 6:00 this morning to find the electricity had gone missing. A tree had fallen across power lines about two miles from my house and had taken down two metal poles and a bunch of utility lines. To beat that, I have allergies and can barely see to write this.
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My Flickr friend's—James Cameron, aka lumin8—mom died Wednesday past. She was 94 years old, and lived in Calgary, Alberta. Our hearts are with you and the family, James.
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I still sit on the porch of the mornings, but the accompanying bird songs have all but stopped for this year. All I heard this morning were jay birds screaming at one another from various trees around the neighborhood. A female cardinal flew into our front storm door and was killed. Her mate for life looked and called for her all day. There are many robins around, but they are busy feeding and building flight muscle reserves for the long journey south.
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Whatever it was Microsoft sent me yesterday, it caused all my restore points to be deleted, and I can't access the Control Panel. There is only one thing left to do, and that is to reload Windows XP and start all over. It has been about two and one-half years since I've had to do this, and it is a bitch to go through with, but it leaves a clean machine that is usually faster and more reliable. I still have my Linux install to fall back on, but it won't run a couple of programs I really need, and Linux wireless networking leaves a lot to be desired. I would like to build a new computer, but cash isn't easy to come by these days.
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