great....

my computer is starting to freak out a bit. re-booting only got it to the same place (about where you sign in to get on your 'puter)...but that was as far as i got. so...i tried to get the settings back to default. NOPE. aaand, i even got out the recovery CD, to do a light reformat and get it back to 'factory fresh'. well, that goofed up too, saying there were errors. grrrr. so it looks like i'm gonna have to reformat the entire hard disk and reload the software...sigh
unfortunately, it has been a while since i last made back ups. if worst comes to worst, i have an identical 'puter with a bad power supply. i guess i can always cannibalize the goofy one for that part and transplant eh?

in the meantime, i can always work on Lois' machines. she's got two computers at home that i can blog to my heart's delight. yay!

ah well. i still have my blogpage and one reader - me. things could be WAY worse...but things could be a whole lot better too. is Powerball going to break $300 million this saturday? not like i ever play, but all it takes is ONE ticket...and 120 million to 1 odds. crap