Thank you for your patience.

Evidently I mixed Viagra with Mexican Food and experienced 18 hours of heartburn along with extensions of vital organs, not to be mentioned in polite company.

Actually my PC (purchased in July of last year) failed, crashed and died.

I actually discovered that sometime last year I purchased an extended warranty from HP. It was probably caused by a lot of cough syrup some late night because I usually talk myself out of those things!

I gotta tell you all something though.

My PC addiction is worse than I thought.

I actually dream that I am looking at a computer screen and I awaken sometimes with my fingers doing the mouse dance. No kidding!

I actually dream that I am watching HULU on my screen.

I actually wake up and begin to access my email, when there is no machine on my desk.

Anyway I contacted HP and the sombitches send me a Fed Ex box within 24 hours of my phoned complaint.

I could not figure out how to retape the damn thing following a less than proficient attempt at putting the pc in that damned box! I had been instructed to rebox the inefficient mechanism and put it in a Fed Ex mail box across from the local PO.

So I did the best I could and realized that I needed some boxing tape (which was supposed to be supplied in the box) and I decided to kill two birds with one stone by dropping by the local hardware store that was situated within a block or two of the drop off point.

I arrived at the hardware store within two hours of receiving the magical box.

A pretty lady at the counter appeared and  I requested the tape. I then pleaded that she aid me in my attempt to seal the box. I was led to the 'packaging' aisle and she picked out a tape dispenser.

We went back to the counter and this wonderful lady (about 40) agreed to help me.

The sealing package cost $3.70 which I provided with exact change. hahahh

As I would have predicted, the clerk had severe problems whilst she attempted to find the edge of the damn tape. hahahahahahahah

I never would have been able to accomplish this deed and here was an expert who became increasingly distraught with the entire exercise.

This was an event that was hilarious.

But she was very patient (at least compared to how I would have acted) and she finally got the damn tape to work.

She began to sternly instruct me to properly hold the magical box and squeeze it so that she could properly tape it up.

The entire process took fifteen minutes but it seemed more like an hour.

The clerk made me take the packing tape even though I can never understand where in the hell I will ever use it again. hahahah

I pulled out the last five dollars in my wallet and begged her to take a tip.

No dice.

We both smiled. I wish I were twenty years younger!

Anyway I left the store with the box that really had been packaged inefficiently and walked over to the drop off point.

There was Fed Ex and UPS and the PO boxes all in a row and there was a line of cars.

I snuck in between the cars and the damn drop box would not accept my cardboard.

I began getting angry, which I am good at and then saw that I was blocking a car.

I stepped onto the sidewalk, feeling guilty about being so selfish, and as the man proceeded further toward his goal, he rolled down the window and said:

Harder than it looks, hey!

He was not even mad at me.

I guess the entertainment made him more patient.

CONCLUSION?

We have friendly people up here.

I know that this entire essay involves minutiae.

But, and this is a big but, all of our lives are filled with minutiae.

Little events might piss us off for a minute or two and then we think these events are forgotten.

But that is not always the case.

Little events can lead to a build up of anxiety and anger.

But little events can also lead to a happier view of humanity.

My problems really began last Tuesday--Although a couple weeks ago the 'c' and 'b' no longer worked on the keyboard.

I received the 'package' a few hours ago.Following three phone calls I was on line.

It took an hour to go through my 353 emails.hahahahah

Most of my files were erased but thank the Good Lord, Dagblog never forgets.

The list included in my recently delivered package basically said:

Replace keyboard, replace battery, replace hard disk......

I mean, in the end this is a brand new pc.

Why would anybody actually read this?

Anyway, last Tuesday my universe was destroyed.

And now, not so much!