HP unLovedcrap and some random stuff

Rather than buy a third battery for my wife's three-year-old Dell Vostro, I figured it made more economical sense to get a new laptop. After a lot of study, we bought an HP Pavilion. I'm pretty sure new computers aren't supposed to randomly and repeatedly crash and give you the blue screen of death. There were other problems, including a badly engineered touch pad, and a maximum speaker volume that would be perfect for use in libraries. Happily, I bought it at a store with a 14-day return policy. Afterward, I Googled "HP pavilion bsod" and got 350,000 hits. "HP pavilion touchpad problem" gets 450,000 hits. Granted, there are probably some extraneous hits in the mix, but that's still a lot.

Earlier this week, I tried the demo of the eagerly anticipated (by me) Playstation Move Heroes. I am no longer in a state of eager anticipation.

I guess I live on another planet, because I didn't even hear about the Friday song thing until, amusingly enough, Friday. Which comes after Monday, though not immediately.

It looks like DLAW has wound down. I totally dropped the ball. I'll try to do better next year. I guess I'm saving my energy for WAM (Weenie Appreciation Month), a celebration I just invented in the middle of this sentence.

And, in conclusion, here's a totally unrelated-but-fun fact for fans of Raising Hope. My daughter was in a high school play with Kate Micucci's brother Matt.