Monitor

The previous monitor I had was already there when I got here, two and a half years ago, and they'd bought it used at one of those auctions, the kind Gordon Gekko was going to with Bluestar Airlines in Wall Street. It was a 21" job, and not bad for the price.

Imperceptably, the thing had started to get blurry. I didn't realize this as it was happening, but after the second guy in the last month stopped by to say "Man, how can you stand that thing?" I decided it's time for an upgrade. It's like how (or maybe I'm the only one this happens to) the car winshield will have a little streak on one side, and someone will say, "Hey, what's up with the streak", and then, despite not having noticed it all that time, it's suddenly all you can think about.

As I was loading it into the cart to take it out back for its Old Yeller moment, I noticed the label on the back that said it was manufactured Noveber 1997. Eight years is a a very good lifetime for a piece of computer equipment. She will be missed.

So, I'm borrowing a monitor that will one day be attached to an anal probe system, while my rad 19" monitor is on its way. I feel roughly like I did when I first got glasses. It's a "How was I living with myself like that?" feeling.

And I think that might be why I'd started working Crazy J Hours lately (three shifts, 9 to 11, off to lunch, 12 to 4, off to dinner and puttering around the house, 7 to whenever I'm done). After two or three hours, I was no longer able to focus on anything any more, and had to get away.

Or maybe not.

And that concludes the most dull, uninteresting thing I've ever posted.