Not the End of the World?

Total desk confusion

There is nothing like a hard drive failure to cause one

to evaluate life's priorities. I awoke Monday morning

to a giant blinking question mark on the computer

screen. I tried everything; mouth to mouth, chest

compressions, those electric paddle things and the

calls to tech support to some guy in a hut on the other

side of the planet. Finally the long drives to first one

Apple store (your hard drive is dead, but we're closing

for two weeks of renovations) then another (they got it

done by Wednesday night). I tried to fill my grief by

dragging an old iMac out of the closet but it was sooo

old and tired. Luckily I had my art backed up as well

as most of my writing. I did lose two years of photographs

and all my tunes. My next purchase? Forget that stupid

blinking check engine light, I need a second hard drive

and auto back up software. You just have to get your

priorities right ;)