Are NOT the thrill they used to be.  Ok, they are right out of the box… right before the Spyware attacks etc et al.  I’ve been working hard on getting this years planning done for school, and already had to shove back my start date, only to spend the ENTIRE DAY yesterday on the phone with Dell to fix THREE problems, all software related  A support I had to pay EXTRA for.   . This wasn’t the first snag I’d run into either…between getting the wireless router working with the modem, loading programs and restoring data… much time spent working on getting this up and running. The fact that Dell, in spite of it’s problems, still has the best customer service out there was small comfort… instead it just made me feel caught between the frying pan and the fire, forced to sizzle and like it.

Perhaps today will provide more productive…