A. Fucking. Men.
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So, five days after Fred decided we needed new computers, it is done:
I have a yellow keyboard and mouse, but I think I’m going to switch back to the old mouse, because the new one just doesn’t feel right, and it annoys me.
When the lights are off and all you can see is the red glowing fan, this looks pretty frickin’ awesome.
Miz Poo checks out Fred’s new computer.
Each time I have to back up my system, it takes less time. It took MAYBE half an hour to get everything written to CD this time, and the part that took the longest was backing up my music. I filled up five cds with nothing but mp3s. Well, to me that’s a lot – some of you probably have way more than that. But I’m just a beginner! Give me time, I’ll have fifteen different versions of “Xanadu” in my music folder.
(Oh, wait. I already do!)
This computer is so much faster than my old one, it makes my head spin. It’s quieter, too. I like the keyboard – it has springy keys, rather than the clattery ones my old keyboard had – and my new speakers are AWESOME. I still have to download several programs, but I have Firefox up and running, and Eudora and WS_FTP, and those are the important ones.
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So, every few years we have to replace the comforter on my bed, because the cats nastify it and I can’t stand to look at it any more. The comforter we’ve had for about the last two years is in particularly rough shape, because of the several times last Fall when Tubby peed on it, requiring me to toss it in the washer – which is not necessarily how it was supposed to be cleaned. But Tubby had a knack for peeing on the comforter at night when it wasn’t really feasible to run out to the dry cleaner, and I’ll be DAMNED if I’ll leave a pee-covered comforter just sitting around the house, since cat pee is one of the most noxious odors on this earth, so into the washer it went.
Finally, one day last week, I was so sick of looking at the damn comforter that I went on eBay to see if I could find a decent quilt-type comforter for the bed. After some surfing around, I found
this quilt – and that’s a damn good price for a king-size quilt – and bought it.
I wish it had a little less white and light colors in it, but for now it’s working out pretty well. I’m sure once Spanky barfs on it and it’s built up a nice coat of Spot hair I’ll be less enamored, but for now I really like it.
And Fred doesn’t hate it. Score!
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The spud put a blanket on the floor in front of the window for the cats to lay on. Note how they’re carefully NOT laying on it. “We didn’t want to get your blanket full of cat fur!”
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