Reconstruction
August 16, 2010 in Blogs
Well, things are not quite running smoothly. In fixing my computer the shop found a flaw in the primary hard drive, which meant replacing it, reinstalling the operating system, and then returning it to me with the task of reinstalling all the other programs I use week in and week out for e-mail, FTP, documents, spreadsheets, and stuff I can’t now even recall. What’s worse, it’s only a little better. Something is still seriously wrong with it. I might have to replace the whole machine–which is not something I can reasonably afford to do at present, so we’ll have to make due.
On the bright side, the new temporal anomalies series at The Examiner is doing better than the last one. That’s not going to pay for the computer, mind, but at least it keeps my in computer paper. The Time Traveler’s Wife part 3: the first time is the first time constructs a timeline, pulling together fragments of clues on the timing of events and the ages of the characters to fit it all roughly to a credible if in some ways fantasy calendar.
On the dark side, I’ve had a long day, not all trying, some of it pleasant, but enough of it behind that I want as little as possible ahead. Thus I am short circuiting whatever is left to the minimum necessary and putting this tired brain to bed. If the world is still here tomorrow, I will deal with it then.
–M. J. Young