To Combat The Darkness....

I have adorned my desk with a string of Christmas lights. (penguinicity-of the NON-BLINKY variety!)

Ya know what else?

They're PINK!

I'm in a considerably better mood today than I was yesterday.
(HOWEVER...I'm still locked out of the system at work. That's 7 days now. I'm gonna hurt someone. Or maybe I should just call up Uncle Harry in Philly and get him to call in the erm...connections...hehehe)

If You're In Need of Some Humor Of The Political Assortment...

This is always a good one... Psychedelic Republicans

And I got tthis one in my email from Andy this morning...Banana Republican

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I am going to cry and/or be sick.


I still hold a shred of hope that once the *Official* count is in, things are different. There are still something like 250,000 absentee and provisional ballots in Ohio to be counted....(Really, I'm sure most states have absentee/pprovisional ballots to count)

I myself had to vote on a provisional ballot but hey...Kerry got MD anyway.

Still, I will pitch a fit if I call and find that my vote was not counted.

And So Goes My Day...

Me: "What kind of internet connection is this?"

Luser: "The kind that doesn't work."

Me; "Oookay...let's see what we can do about that...Is it cable? DSL? Dialup?"

Luser: "I don't know."

Me: "Is your friend there to ask?" (she was at a friend's house)

Luser: "No"

Me: "Ok...does the connection come through the phone line or the cable TV?"

Luser: "I think it's cable. they can use the phone while they're on the internet."

Me: "Um...ok, can you look at the modem for me?"

Luser: "Yeah, I guess so. Where's the modem?"

Me: "I don't know where they would have it, I would check near the cable box."

Luser: "Oh, here it is. Yeah, it says cable modem."

Me: "Ok great. Do you have an ethernet cable?"

Luser: "No, but I have one at home. How much do they cost?"

Me: "A couple of dolars for a shorter one, more for a longer one. Is there a cable plugged into the modem?"

Luser: "No"

Me: "But the desktop computer in the house connects?"

Luser: "Yes"

Me: "Ok, tell me if there's a hole in the modem that looks like an overszed phone jack?"

Luser: "Yeah...there it is but there's a cord plugged into it. It goes to the desktop computer."


(Brilliant. Later, I told her to pull the end that connects to the desktop out and plug it into the laptop. She took it from the modem and plugged that end into the laptop. Sigh.)