Startin' To Feel Lonely Here Peoples ...

Happy Banjo - Steve Martin

Steve Martin is an acquired taste. But in this banjo tune everybody smiles!

"Those darned computers! I could just PINCH them!!"

Yes, my computer got screwed up ... again!

That's why I "vanished" again. This is what the boys at the shop found:

- 46 viruses

- 290 spyware

- 43 adware

They used the best software to erradicate them, to no avail. They had to format my hard drive, reinstall Windows and replace the data they backed up. They also installed all of the latest "anti" software.

Ironically, I caught all this bad stuff while downloading an antivirus! The god of computers must be laughing his ass off.

The guys that fixed my beast did a fantastic job. They even managed to save all my downloaded music and all of my work. So I'm sending a shout out to Emmanuel, Hugo, Konstantine, Bohdan and everyone else working at Danta International. The only thing they couldn't fix was my paranoia of going on the Net again.

I'd also like to give a ginormous thanks to Len, Tony B. and Tinkerbell for never giving up and contributing to this Blog every day. Thanks to everyone who sent me b-day greetings even though it was in a chain mail kinda format (except Dominic Granada - "I thought he was dead" - I'm sure!).

The rest of you who contacted me via e-mail, I will be contact you ASAP. I still have to reinstall all of my software - stupid *@%$~>#$.

I'm trying to see this as a new begining. It's actually hard to do. The hole left in my pocket because of this repair is going to slow down my plans to return to school. Anyone still praying please include me in your prayers. That's all I ask.

Meanwhile, let's get blogging!!