I can’t come up with anything today for the blog so you’ll be treated to random unconnected thoughts…lucky you.
While the ‘rents are out of town I told my mother that I’d update her anti-virus on her computer. I did that yesterday and then found out there have been no updates to Windows 98 (that’s right Win98) since the dawn of time. I brought the PC to the office where we could get a fast connection and update. The machine has been consuming files all morning and is now defragging. The big question we’ve been pondering is should we install another hard drive since the small one she has now is nearly full or do we take the approach of why should we do any more than we have to because of the whole “shaft” I’ve gotten this year in the family arena. I think we’ve pretty much decided to do the software updates available and then I’ll tell her about her options. Let her decide what she wants to do.
This morning the tow trucks were out in force yanking SUVs and cars alike from around the building. Since last week signs have been posted that yesterday and today street cleaning would happen. I guess folks who work and live in the area can’t read. Maybe they’ll be able to read the whopping bill they’ll get to get the car out of impound. I’m feeling absolutely no charity…I park on the street every day and I’m sick of people in this town not following posted signs, general highway rules, etc.
I was feeling slightly guilty about reporting a buyer of one of my books to Ebay for non-payment but now I’m over that. Don’t bid on something if you can’t/won’t pay for it. I know that something terrible could have happened to the buyer and that’s why he hasn’t come up with the payment, but I doubt it. I clearly stated that I only accept PayPal and then the buyer sent me an email after winning the bid about sending me a cashier’s check. I felt weird about it but agreed. That was more than 10 days ago. I’ve tried to correspond but his AO”satan”L account is blocking hotmail accounts. So, I’ve sent a new invoice 3 times. Loser….you are getting negative feedback. Once again random people have shown me how marvelous they are.