Computers

Morning earworm: Tiny Dancer, Elton John. Don't ask - I have no control over this. A though flew by yesterday, following a comment that readers don't know many (if any) of these songs or artists. I might have to make a mix disc of some of these tracks, just for laughs.

So far, beyond sitting and breakfast, the entire morning has gone to waste, locked in battle with a pair of stoopid f&%# computers. All I want to do is print out a couple of pages of a .pdf file. What could be simpler? Cutting down the largest tree in the forest with a herring, for starters.

I had not net installed the printer on the laptop since the Great Reboot, so I went to do so. Two tries, two fails. It has worked fine for a couple of years, but now it won't even install. Fine - I'll just do it on the StudioBeast downstairs. Sounds good in theory, except for the part that the StudioBeast doesn't seem to have Adobe Reader installed. So, I go to download that. Three tries, each ending in an aborted download and crash. Frustration mounts. I can see right where my day is going ... weren't computers supposed to make our lives easier?

On the bright side - literally - it looks like the projected rains for the day may not happen, and we are supposed to be up to 85°F by the weekend, which I have off. The hammock beckons :D