October 8, 2005

• Weeping may endure for a moment, but joy commeth in the morning.
  
  
  Today (Friday) has been an interesting day. To be brief about the day’s events, last night I had finished watching a movie when suddenly it was discovered that every time I pressed the CTRL key, my homepage would open. I thought that it was a virus or recently misconfigured setting, so I used several restore points, needless to say, to no avail. In fact, I was almost late to work this morning from obsessing over my problem. This afternoon it was troubleshooted to be a faulty keyboard. Therefore, I set out to purchase a new one so that it would match the computer. This lead to many difficulties.
  
  First, when the new keyboard got home, it was USB, not PS/2. This created many problems, the least of which being that all PS/2 ports quit working as did all USB ports. Consulting with John, I had come to the conclusion that I had a bad motherboard. However, tinkering with things a little longer finally lead to results such that everything now works, though we will hold out suspicion on the motherboard for many days.
  
  I think I got overcharged for the keyboard. Ah, the joys of credit cards.
  
  
  
  Ode to the Keyboard
  

  Hands
  Reaching out
  Touch-typing me
  Touch-typing you
  Sweet keyboard
  Your keys never felt so good
  I’ve been inclined to believe they never would

  
  
  
  
  Thank God for Kids
  Well, it turns out that Susan Parish didn’t tell anyone at the Grill that she was going out of town. While the GM was understandably miffed, he wasn’t talking about firing her and she definitely wasn’t there last night, so it looks like I’m still in business.
  

  
  

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