I'm Just Gettin' Online For A Minute

I got up this morning, but haven't yet dressed.
My dishes aren't done, and my house is a mess.
Have not done my work, have not fed the cat,
Just on line for a second, and popped in to "chat".

I used to watch TV, I used to cook Mex,
I think I remember...yeah, I used to have sex!
I used to walk upright, now roll on my chair,
Tho' it causes the neighborhood children to stare.

I wanted to travel around on the Net,
Been too busy chatting to get on there yet.
I wanted to spreadsheet, word process, or paint,
But gettin' on with them is just what I ain't!

So much to learn and I wanted to but
I'm too busy chatting and splitting a gut,
Talkin' and listenin'...is it such a sin?
Oh, gawd, what a fix I have got myself in!

Then up pops a name on my neat Buddy List,
Think I'll go out and give HIS tail a twist!
And in comes an IM from some weirdo guy
I cuss 'im, insult 'im, and tell him "bye bye".

Is there a 12 step, support group, or such?
For those of us folks who chat on too much?
If there was a group, I would like it just fine,
Except that it prob'ly would be here online!

Are there therapists here? I think that I saw some
Its got me, its got me, its power is AWESOME.
It's my new computer, I've had it one week,
Now I look in the mirror and I see a "geek".

Or maybe a geekess, but I see the signs,
Please help me, please help me, please get me offline!
Or better, please Email a burger and fries,
'Cause I'm staying ONLINE, at least 'til I die!!
(Shared in 1997 by one of my online friends whose name I don't know.)

Laptop Computer Issues

I'm using a Dell Latitude laptop and a phone line for my connection to the Internet and to AOL. Last night I experienced two problems with the computer that I don't understand. Both locked up the computer. Even though I was getting the power from the wall outlet I wasn't able to shutdown the computer when I disconnected from the power. I had enough bad experiences with personal computers to know that this is no doubt just a signal of bigger problems to come.

If you don't see me online in the AOL genealogy chatroom and there are infrequent postings to my various Blogs please rest assured, if this happens soon, that I am not ill. I'll just be back in the same situation I've been in before, no working computers in the house. When this happened before I used the computers at the public library for many months. I'm hopeful that won't be necessary.

Dick Henthorn

Tags: Computer Problems

Another Day

Another Day

Well folks I left the computer I'm using to access the Internet running all night long. This morning I'm back writing this journal note. I've survived the "perils of computing" for another day. Only time will tell whether I can continue without interruption.

Maybe Yes, Maybe No

Oh My Goodness!

I know what you are going to tell me, "Don't count your chickens until they've hatched." This morning when I turned on the Dell laptop I got a big shock. There was a strange wailing noise coming out of the thing. I couldn't turn the computer off. I suppose that's because there's a battery inside. Finally after about ten minutes I managed to get the computer booted up. I don't really understand what happened or how I got it to stop. I have enough experience to know, if it happened once, it will happen again. If it does and I can't use the computer, I'll be back "to square one" where I was for many months. That would mean I'm not doing much with computers again, until I buy one that works.

Some of you who wanted to contact me about genealogy in recent months will probably be thinking, what's changed. You're right. For a long time I haven't been responding to genealogy queries. Visitors to the website should enjoy what is available.

Please don't expect me to respond to requests for more information at this time. Thank You.