the things we think up...

Any guesses for what's in this picture?

It's the soap on my car windshield in a car wash. I was a little stunned when the soap splattered down in green, pink, and blue. All I could think was, "WHY ARE THEY WASTING MONEY MAKING IT COLORED? And why THREE colors, for crying out loud?"

With all the snow and salty roads here lately, my car needed a good scrub. Along with a hundred other people yesterday, I waited in line for it. And I paid eight dollars for it. The only level that includes the undercarriage wash is the eight dollar level. Good grief.

well, it is official.

32 days from now, i will be returning for my third once-in-a-lifetime trip to hawaii. kauai this time, instead of oahu. i'm so excited i can hardly stand it.

if it ain't broke...

while i was surfing the internet this morning, my high-speed connection went down. completely out. i reset the modem, rebooted the computer, etc. still out. i figured it was a widespread temporary outage, but i called my provider to be sure. after 25 minutes on hold, i gave up. hours later, still no connection. i called again, and sat with the phone on speaker while i watched tv... when the tech answered, she said all was well with my connection, so it must be my computer.

"what operating system do you have?"
"windows 98."
"well, that's your problem! NOBODY uses THAT anymore. comcast doesn't even support windows 98. you'll just have to buy a new operating system like 2000 or xp."
"but the guy who installed my cable/internet said 98 wasn't a problem. and it has worked for eight months. when did comcast stop supporting 98?"
"oh, quite some time ago."
"as in, long before THIS MORNING when my connection went out?"
"yeah...he probably didn't know we didn't support it when he installed yours. you should buy a new operating system to make your connection work."

i decided to click around myself and see what i could do. turns out, some box had unchecked itself on the connections page, don't know how. i re-checked it. the connection came back.

looks like i can continue in the operating-system-dark-ages for a while longer.