Orbs 'r' Us

RUNNING THROUGH MUD...right now!

Should have made a symbol for 3 weeks!

Things have been pretty tense lately, due to the usual [?] computer problems that happens yearly at this time?


It's a weird malady that seems to hit this time of the year like clock work! I used to call it "Theater Meltdown" as it always happened while I desperately needed it during those productions times! It would just quit working?

You all know my living is made by the use of a computer. Most of my waking hours are spent on the computer, designing for 8 to 10 hour stretches sometimes! This is also seems to be the massive designing time as potential [tire kickers] customers have spent hours dreaming their dreams while snow bound!

Plus, I am doing some stuff for the theater production right now?


So are my, massive designing hours, causing computer overheating?


This last bit has been the worst!

My computer's video card decided it needed to come to a noisy end! Think of the sound of a semi truck using it's "retarder" brakes as it slows down! That's the sound I have been listening to for at least 3 weeks....12 - 15 hours a day!

Been through the "what it might possibly be" routine too!

Couldn't afford to buy a new video card and this one wasn't fixable!

Meanwhile, my computer guru [BillyRoo] has been busy working and had been unable to get to it until now.

Prognosis:
I had to say goodbye to my old companion and am now using the laptop that he gave me a while back.

SILENCE AT LAST!

Thing is having to have everything switched from one machine to the other!

Right now I am without the capabilities to email, upload photos and use my designing program that needs the new fonts that I had been using. I'm not used to the key board and for some reason the cursor skips to another line while I'm typing making the sentence make no sense?

More GRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!


Remember...this old dog isn't great at learning new things!



The other whine alert comes from BillyRoo!
 
His time was wasted from having to appear for jury selection...he wasn't picked!

This time!

Seems he has to re-appear in April to once again be up for selection!

This can go on for at least a year!

Thing he did learn...there is NO excuse in getting out of jury duty! All that did try [30 out of 200] were turned down and it seems "death" was the only excuse that might have been accepted...;{
The only ones that they weren't accepting were those of "native blood", as that was the nationality of the man on trial [rape & assault].

Good thing he hadn't been picked, as the trial was starting that very day! PoD would have been stuck there with no ride home! That wasn't in the letter that they sent! They were expecting maybe another selection instead of a trial!

They did get to see someone that they knew from home that did get picked and had to stay! She was the last person picked out of 12! She was not happy as she has a fairly young family to look after.

And NO, age wasn't a factor as BillyRoo said they were of all ages. There was even a young guy dressed as "Jesus" who had shaggy [ratty], long haired and bearded. He even came with his mom...;}He got picked!

He also said that the place was packed full with those waiting to be selected, so his odds of being picked next time are still the same odds of NOT getting picked again and still have to return yet another time!



The only good thing about this time frame is the weather! The sun. has been fighting with the fog as of late and seems to be winning! Today is supposed to be another balmy day with the degrees being above 0!

The snow around here is almost all gone! The only complaint is the width of the river that runs by in front of my place! Makes for wet feet while trying to get in or out of the car! But then I'd rather wear rainboots instead of snow ones!


Happy to get that misery off my chest...


You all have a nice day now......