great… now the screen on my laptop has flaked out and seems dead. It should of course still be under warranty, but I’m just not in the mood to deal with this. This just isn’t my day<\/strike> week<\/strike> month<\/strike> year<\/strike> life. *sigh*<\/p>\n
Also, I had been pursuing a recurring feature on The Other Half (dammit, I am running out of shows). But as of today that looks like its a bust as well.<\/p>\n
Still need to fix a few things on the vagabond. nothing major, but an annoyance. <\/p>\n
Why have I not won the Publisher’s Clearing House or Powerball or something?<\/p>\n
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