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The fires in California are awful- and I wouldn't consider them anything to be joked about. I have heard that some of them had beginnings other than natural.

So the image of a man looking over his destroyed home- while SMOKING a pipe is just...

To me that clearly shows how self-destructive Americans can be- they look over their own destruction- and then continue the habits that caused it! (not to say that this man smoking this pipe caused any of the fires- I'm looking at it more symbolically.)

I'd link the actual photo- but it's one of several in a Yahoo slideshow- it's picture 33 of 632 though.

Dylan Woes...

Well, Dylan has been dropped off at Dr. Circuit City. When S. took him in Dylan did indeed boot- it just took 7 minutes. Yeah, 7, S. timed it.

They say- either trojan, hard drive, or something else. That's specific. But they're doing a diagnostic and will let us know. Probably by Monday. (on the plus side- if it's hardware, our warranty covers it, our warranty also covers reinstallation of Windows. It does not cover other software stuffs. So I'm really hoping it's hardware... Necessary stuff is backed up on USB drives.)

This means that from the time I leave work until the time I get back I will have ZERO computer access. If you need to get ahold of me you will have to call.