Bone, Horn, Coal, Gold, Gas, Soil, Rubber and Cardboard. Mud. Tin.

I've been relatively not unhappy with that Dell Inspiron E1505 since I bought it three years ago until the past week, when I coincidentally had a concussion. 

Suddenly, after typing in my password (it's Vista, BTW), the blue Welcome screen (the one with the circle with the orbiting choad) will not go away. Normally the choad would load for 15 to 30 seconds, then the desktop would come up. I've had to hard reboot the machine, and I mean really hard reboot - unplug the electric and then disconnect then reconnect the fucking battery - to get it to stop choading. Today when I pulled the battery out and put it back in, the choad spun for a minute, then the desktop came up, but then the screen went all white for 30 seconds before finally loading desktop. W?T?F?

I've run virus scans, all clean, and the computer is set to self-defrag on a weekly basis. About three months ago McAfee fucked up something and I had to totally delete then reinstall McAfee, and their fracking updates take up the first fifteen minutes of each time I turn on the laptop, and other than the updates taking longer - and they might need take longer these days, for all I  know - that shouldn't be the problem, yes?

O, after the first time this happened, after the first hard reboot, I got an upgrade Adobe message, and I clicked ignore. Since then I've heard that Adobe is getting sketchy. The Adobe message hasn't reappeared since. And Firefox version 3.7.52.6999.4256398.420 loaded sometime recently.

I'm completely, willfully, stoopid re: much more that data entry, so any suggestions would be welcome.

I don't have $800 for a new one (or rather, I do, but would rather not spend the political capital to push this funding through, if you know what I'm saying). This isn't a plea for funds; no paypal button here. But if the solution to this is easy and I'm stoopid for not knowing it, maybe I've friends smart enough who could help.

• Asshole's White Dread. I've had to deal with some AEI assholes, and they are asssholistic!
• Surprised?
• It remains a pillar of by roobity that I cannot get past what total pussies Republicans are, even if Democrats are not bigger pussies for not calling Republicans the total pussies that they are.
• And they are total pussies.
• I need to again point out what a pussy Roger Ailes is. Roger, you are the best thing that ever happened to al-Q, blowing you up would be a present of gratitude.
• American Conservatives lie?

• Normally don't link to Digs, but this saves me typing about that.
• Normally don't link to Walsh, but this saves me typing about this: One guy is talking, perhaps inelegantly, about why he's wholeheartedly supporting our first black president; the other is wishing the country had elected a racist. That's exactly the same thing! Or to put it another way, Reid was remarking on what kind of nigger could get elected in a country of crackers and fuckpigs.
• UPDATE!

• Implosion of American Political Consciousness.
• Your Fucking Washington Post.
• 85 reasons to be thankful for librarians.

• My future hell.
• Your Fucking Washington Post: The body was found in the 4900 block of Brookeville Road, a short distance from Route 108 and near a farm that is a mulch supplier. The location is in the county's Brookeville section, about halfway between Gaithersburg and Clarksburg. Morons, Germantown is halfway between Gaithersburg and Clarksburg. Brookeville is halfway between Laytonsville and Olney.
• No Pants Day on Metro? I'd never heard of this.
• Defending bag fees and meter increases.
• Note to self: After robbing Bgurgle Goodwill then telling girlfriend, don't hit girlfriend in face with folding chair.
• The new head coach of your Washington Redskins:

• Note to self: As part owner of a Premiership club, do not send email to haters using the phrase "blow me, fuckface."
• The Purging of Arenas.
• Goff seems to think Gomez will be gone. Mentions United perhaps using 7th pick in draft on midfielder, maybe - O! Please! Lord Etcheverry! - Corben Bone!
• UPDATE! While I won't mind seeing Manchester United fight against relegation in three years, it's a shame they were totally fucked by a stereotypical American pig.

• Where "Literature Comes From."
• Another book I want to reread, wonder if I ever will.
• Remembering Federman.
• 007: Never Gonna Give You Up.
• Mahler is hot?
• Why the fuck is Jack White on my radio? Is that you choading?
• New Spoon for Freida and Richard!
• Sing along to songs you don't know.
• Darkblack's Sunday Overnight.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• UPDATE! Just put in my head, be in yours.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• Today's Listening Assignment.
• Today's Listening Assignment.

THE WORLD AS I LEFT IT

Mary Ruefle

Wood, cement, steel, polyester.
Glass, marble, ink and ether.
Water, ash, asphalt and leather. Plastic.
Stone, fur, copper and silk. Silver, cotton,
paper and clay. Bone, horn, coal, gold,
gas, soil, rubber and cardboard. Mud. Tin.
Wool, wax, lead. Ice, paint and bronze.
Rayon, cork, vinyl and sand. Numbers.
Dust, slate, graphite and glue.
I was almost happy.

 

Remember?

Sigh.