Back from obscurity...

Well, sort of. Thanks to a trip to the Best Buy in tax-free Salem, N.H., I am now the owner of a shiny new Dell Inspiron 17 laptop, with wireless capabilities, among other bells and whistles (like a webcam! Oh my!). I still don't have a connection via Verizon... However, I just discovered a weak wireless signal (possibly my neighbor's) and so I am making use of that for now. I do feel a little odd about pirating this signal, but hey, I'm making like a refugee from the Matrix, hacking into a signal to get my work done. I did discover that a local McDonald's has free WiFi, so I nipped in there for a couple of hours.

At least that much is going well: I wish I could say the rest of my evening was. I won't go into detail, but it entailed a long walk to and from a Perpetual Adoration chapel at a church in town, in the process of trying to find a family member who'd gone for a long walk. Let me tell you: long walks all over town, in the middle of the early night to find stray family members are cool only in Blood+. Hopefully I won't have to do this again soon.

Tweets and Twitterings from the Matrix Refugee

• 11:24 Laptop set up & turned on! Still having 'net issues #
• 11:27 Nothing that can't be resolved in due time #
• 19:22 Thank God for free wifi at McDonald's. #
• 19:25 Have now installed Firefox & Ljlogin on laptop #

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"What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?"

I remember seeing this especially moving tribute to the servicemen of World War I and World War II years ago when I was a kid, and even now, twenty-five years later, it moves me to tears.

As Memorial Day approaches, just a sunrise away, I'd like to dedicate this post to the memory of all servicemen and servicewomen who gave their lives or put their lives on the edge and are now at peace...

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