My poor, sad, dead computer.

I am not at home right now. Nor am I at Cahoots, as is usual around this time on a Saturday. No, I am at the Minneapolis Central library, sitting in the American History section. Why is this, you ask? This is because this morning the Mad Scientist opened up my home computer and blew out all the dust and cleaned up the fans in an attempt to stop them from making horrible ratchetty noises.

Then the computer refused to start again.

The weird thing is, it powers up, gets through the opening screens, and then just won't actually boot up--not in regular mode, not in safe mode.

Some of you know that I'm not really human in the morning. I'm not really human when my computer is broken, either. Very Bad.

So I removed myself to the library, and he is going to try and lure those with more computer wisdom than us (by means of bribes and begging) to make the computer work.

The library is closed tomorrow. This could be Very Bad.

Note to self: Remember, even in worst case scenario, you've got recent backups.

Edit: Computer is back up and running, three days later. Corrupted boot sectors, and then a borked modem.

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Oh, yeah, and the Mad Scientist has also made a very decided statement about not driving *anywhere* today. The old vehicle we've got doesn't handle so well on snowy streets, particularly not with the bald tires it's got.

Of course, he will still perhaps be forced to ferry tech support over to the house, but this means that our appearance at any social events is pretty much unlikely.

Snow Day Pleasures

Old discovery (1): Kieran's has very tasty shepherd's pie.
Old discovery (2): Cider is very good with shepherd's pie.
New discovery: Kieran's has wi-fi!

Showed up for a birthday dinner at Kieran's, mostly because I was actually in downtown at the library and I <3 Kieran's. Nobody else is here, but that's actually pretty fine. Not that I dislike people, but I'm pretty content and capable of entertaining myself when I'm solitary. Raised as an only child and all that...my parents taught me early to entertain myself. One of my mother's guilty worries is that she did too good of a job!

If people show up, it will be good. If people do not show up, it will also be good. I'm rather enjoying the novelty of a nearly-deserted Kieran's, and enjoying the snow outside and the warmth and good music (and cider) inside. Also, if you're walking, you totally want to walk on the side of the street that Sheik's is on, because they actually shovel the walk.

Edit: People actually showed up! And a good time was had by all. Even if I did have to put my laptop away when they arrived. :P