MY QUEST TO QUALIFY NOT JUST FOR THE OLYMPIC TRIALS BUT FOR THE 2016 OLYMPICS IN THE MARATHON (to do this I will need to halve my marathon time)
On I went, out of the wood, passing the man leading without knowing I was going to do so. Flip-flap, flip-flap, jog-trot, jog-trot, curnchslap-crunchslap, across the middle of a broad field again, rhythmically running in my greyhound effortless fashion, knowing I had won the race though it wasn't half over, won it if I wanted it, could go on for ten or fifteen or twenty miles if I had to and drop dead at the finish of it, which would be the same, in the end, as living an honest life like the governor wanted me to. -Alan Sillitoe, "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"
Monday, December 5, 2011
Would you believe...
I accidentally spilled beer on my laptop and am paralyzed until I take it out of the rice bowl in a few days to see whether it is working or not.
Nooo! See,this never would've happened with wine. Or, erm, at least there'd be less ounces of damaging liquid. :) Hope it pulls through! I'm eager for the Backyard Burn report!
Earlier this year I dropped my laptop into running water. I'm too embarrassed to share the specifics of how that happened, but as I result I learned quite a bit about what water with its special electrical conductivity properties can do to circuit boards. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Don't drink and blog! In all seriousness, I hope it's OK. A downed laptop is nothing to joke about.
ReplyDeleteUGH. I was wondering why you weren't posting...
ReplyDeleteStill too soon for jokes? heehee. That sucks.
ReplyDeleteNooo! See,this never would've happened with wine. Or, erm, at least there'd be less ounces of damaging liquid. :)
ReplyDeleteHope it pulls through! I'm eager for the Backyard Burn report!
I saw your tweet... so sad.
ReplyDeleteOh, f**k! :(
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry for the loss of your beer. Remember it at its best.
ReplyDeleteThe beer made it through. It was only a small amount of beer that spilled - a small but lethal amount.
ReplyDeleteEarlier this year I dropped my laptop into running water. I'm too embarrassed to share the specifics of how that happened, but as I result I learned quite a bit about what water with its special electrical conductivity properties can do to circuit boards. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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