Just sitting here, watching a movie with my Sweetie at home (No Country For Old Men)... when suddenly I caught a lungfull of hot, acrid, electronics-burning kind of smell. I jumped up off the couch, looking for the source, and ran into the dining room, then the kitchen. Nothing. Then, back to the livingroom, and there it was - my monitor was smoking! G dived for the tangle of plugs under the desk, and I turned the monitor off. *whew* What a stink. Well the clunky old monitor was a donated unit from friends when my last flat screen monitor gave up the ghost. So, the ending result after carting the offending smoking mess outside for burial, was no computer. I've been utterly dejected, with no way to get online to update my poor neglected blog. Thanks everyone, for not hurling sarcastic remarks, and for coming back despite no activity here.

My Bear saved the day, dragging me down to Fry's where he purchased a fabulous, state of the art widescreen flatscreen monitor. Yay. Now I'm finally back up and running - er, blogging.