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That Farging Piece of Sharz Murphy and His Goshdam Law

I got an external hard drive for Christmas, something I’ve wanted for a while, and fully intended to back up all of our 4 computers (2 obsolete, 2 current) as soon as the semester started.  And the %(*#*&@^%( hard drive on our desktop failed yesterday, taking all of my pictures and videos with it.  I have the videos on digital tapes still, and can spend five thousand hours re-downloading them.  But the pictures . . .  Not to mention all of the documents.  Various things are backed up in various places, but there is no comprehensive backup anywhere, because I was going to freaking do it, like, effing-tomorrow.

Piss piss piss piss piss.

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In other news, two hours of sleep separated the new year from the old for me.  Dear friends and fun conversation kept us up late, and a dear cheerful son woke up bang on time.  I took him to the park so everybody else could sleep a bit longer, and it was lovely, if a bit sleepy and very chilly.  He swung on the swings, slid down the slide, climbed like a monkey.  I put socks on his hands so they’d stay warm, because his mittens were trapped in a room full of sleeping guests.  It’s about a four mile walk round trip, and I sang silly songs to him most of the way.  He giggled like a maniac.  We returned to a room full of friends and toasted bagels with honey, and I scrambled some eggs and we drowsily ate in the New Year.  Later in the day, when most of the friends had left, I napped.

We still have a couple of guests, so I will have to detail Christmas in a few days once they’ve gone.  We are enjoying their company.  The new semester starts on Monday.  And on and on it goes!

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