msfledermaus | A frustrating evening.... (Reply)

....I went home after being stood up for my meeting, a bit grumbly and heavilly caffeinated, but when I reached into my mailbox I found--my new AT&T dialup CD for the Home Beastie. Pretty exciting stuff!! Until I tried to boot it up...Something with the software for my modem (which was heavily AOL-influenced) has DONE something to any version of Internet Explorer 5.0 I tried to download...everytime I clicked it so Outlook could do it's thing and get me set up, it told me that I couldn't run it without registering with AOL...every damn time. I dumped my old copy of Explorer, I changed my home page just in case, rebooted, did everything but threaten my hard drive with a gun. Being from a stubborn family, I kept trying for a couple of hours...Eventually I gave it up, had a hot bath and warm milk with vanilla and cinnamon and a bit of rum to get my nerves to relax.

So today I bug the mac guys at work. I'd bug Ben, and I probably will, but he's a PC guy. D'ohhhhh.... I should just chuck that giant paperweight, get a spanking new credit card and buy an Imac somewhere, something idiot proof. Gods know I feel like one...
Anyway, the upshot of it is, the Ms Mausi Home Show's been delayed again. I swear, when I DO get that sucker running I will have the biggest goddamn Tiki party you ever will see...and I'll invite you all....

Rassing frassing rickum rackum....