The computer gods really hate me

Sorry for the long absence, but I’ve been caught between Scylla and Charybdis, having to deal with continuing back pain and ongoing computer woes—yes, my brand new computer had me thinking he’d joined the late, unlamented Dracarys on the dark side. Drararys’s hard drive was fried when he crashed and burned so the Geek Squad could not recover anything. Thank God I had Carbonite backing my data up! I highly recommend this service; it costs $59 a year and is well worth every penny. Their technician downloaded all of Dracarys’s data onto the new computer for me, which was a great relief.
But I still had some problems with the new one, Tyrion. The most amusing thing he did was to balk at letting me access the Geek Squad website; it was almost as if he knew they were the enemy. I also lost my e-mail access, but a Geek Squad tech was able to resolve that problem for me. He blamed the refusal to access their website on Microsoft Edge, which was causing a few of the other problems I was having. But I’ve continued to have trouble with the display driver, whatever that is. I was unable to get this corrected on-line because my connection was “intermittent” according to the Geek Squad and they were concerned they could damage the computer if the connection was interrupted while they were in the midst of their repairs. Fortunately, Comcast sent out one of their technicians yesterday to repair my security system, and he volunteered to check the internet connection. He immediately discovered the problem and resolved it, as well as correcting a few mistakes made in the past by other techs. If only I were royal, I’d have knighted this dear man!
I typed this on Spock, my backup, while the Geek Squad did some on-line repairs to Tyrion’s display driver. I have decided to rename Tyrion, though. He has not been behaving in the least like the Tyrion we know and love, acting more like one of the lawless, troublemaking Lannisters. In the past few days, I’d started to call him X for expletive, but now that he has had his demons exorcised, he has been behaving much better and deserves a better name. Since he is capable of being wonderful at one moment and utterly frustrating at the next, I think I have a computer version of Uhtred on my hands. How many times have you laughed aloud at some of Uthred’s antics or marveled at his courage, only to want to smack him upside his head for his recklessness or obstinacy? Sometimes on the same page, right? One of the more intriguing aspects of Uhtred’s character is that he always knows when he is about to do something unwise or downright foolhardy, yet he invariably goes ahead and does it anyway.
As far as my back pain is concerned, this is an old and familiar foe, but sometimes it is worse than at others---like now. Sooner or later, though, my wonderful chiropractor manages to chase it into the shadows, where it will await its next opportunity to pounce. I hope that I will soon be able to return to regular Facebook and Goodreads postings. Meanwhile, I have to share this story for my fellow Game of Thrones fans. Clearly, we are legion, as proved by my experience last week with a Carbonite tech. To download the data, he needed to know the names of the two computers and I told him that the dead computer was Dracarys and the new one was Tyrion. He made no comment and set the download in motion for me. But when he signed off, he added these words: Valar morghulis.