it was NOT a good day. Mom had gone to bed last night - before NUMB3RS
(math + jewish protagonists = teh win for teh Mom) because she felt woozy. she called to me, sick, from the bathroom this morning. we think that she's getting used to looking through two eyes but, bottom line, i've given her antihistemines and she's been on the couch 'round the clock, almost. (she took a short break to go online.)

the newspaper wasn't here this morning. dad "can't" begin his morning treatment without the comics to keep him quiet for half an hour. there's a newspaper box three blocks from the house. (it's on the corner where a drunk driver totaled my mom's car, while i was behind the wheel, which is why i have legal entitlement to a handicapped parking card. something about having half a kneecap surgically shaved off can make walking difficult when the air is damp. like it is today. but i digress.) when i used to have coffee every sunday with NiceGuy, i talked to the poor (financially) woman who sold newspapers, and bought her coffee. she told me that they got mere pennies for each paper they sell. i went down to the beach and bought a paper from the guy who sells by dunkin. he's out there, no matter what the weather is, and the paper still gives him his few coppers.

it would have been a nice trike ride had it not been pouring. that said, blohm was flooded. i floored it because i misjudged the depth, and got my power steering wet. (the left turn a block up required my turning, backing up, turning more, etc.)

and i'm still upset about the social security appointment. if i don't get it, destitution continues. if i do get it, then even the government believes i'm really sick. (that still won't shut up the witch who has said that i'm only "sick" to steal attention, but, whatever. no offense to real witches. she's a wannabe.)

vee spent a few hours on floyd. we googled the errors. it took two of us: she could ping an IP, and type the numbers into the bars, but that was it. she couldn't click on a link. she couldn't open a bookmark. she couldn't figure out why i could get online on the other computer on the other end of the router cable. she did winsock fixes. she tried to reinstall my network software. she tried a system restore that wouldn't work. she did fix after fix. bottom line is that i need to back up my songs, my photos, my files, and .. well i guess that's it...because i can't back up programs. (i've lost the programs that were one-day-only on giveawayoftheday.com too.) i can't transfer the files to web space, either, since i don't think i can get online. (i'll TRY that.) and then... clean reinstall. i'm sick over this; i've never had to do it before. i've had floyd since the last RI Suscon / since the week after my right hand was operated on. 2005.

it's not a good day.

but i'm warm and dry. i didn't crash my car, like so many others have today.

i can do the backup and reinstall on my own time.

it could have been worse.

did i mention that i ache?

link is swiped from pookie's wife. i didn't get permission to use her post text (no reply, not a flat refusal), so i'll give you the following. this publisher's description is from download.com.

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i downloaded it - and i am so desperately in need of a licence for XP that it's not even funny. (my system security status is a 3.13 out of 10 - i can't download updates because my XP isn't recognized - and it's been years since i bought XP so i can't even complain to the seller that the licence isn't any good. i'll never shop at that chain again.)