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Computer woes aside, today wasn’t a complete waste of time and energy. I still went swimming this afternoon and swam 2500 meters and after tea this evening, Kieran K (John Ks son) and I went to play tennis where he managed to grab 5 games over wo sets from me. A definite improvement on last […]

Well, the euphoria of my new computer took a nose dive today, somewhere around lunchtime is the estimated time of it’s untimely demise.
I think I have killed it. Not in cold blood, oh no - this was no a premeditated murder by my good self, it was something even more devilish that I am laying […]

Well, it took the downloading of some new drivers and a little patience, but the new computer is now accepting that it has to let the ADSL modem work. Typical Microshaft - XP Service Pack 2 just didn’t like the old drivers.
I am still not using it full time because I need an extra 4 […]

I had hoped to be writing this entry through my new computer that I picked up on Saturday, but alas, while it seems to work great, it refuses to install my ADSL modem correctly so until I can get a handle on that, I will have to continue to make do with old faithful for […]

I have the dumbest and most confusing dreams. Martin Luther King had a better dream than me, people in those chesy romance novels and movies have better dreams than me. I just have these abominations that are all mixed up and confusing like a Picasso or Dali painting.
It was a weird dream that was a […]

Today was generally an average kind of day. I made a new furry friend this morning when I went out the back and the neighbourhood stray cat that has sort of adopted my place as it’s home allowed me to scratch it around the ears - usually it just runs away the minute is sees […]

Last night while I was watching TV, I saw an ad for the