Updates to Prior Posts

I am thrilled to announce that technology no longer bytes. Captain K, fearless defender of and hero to vulnerable, corrupted PCs everywhere (or at least in the greater Los Angeles area), successfully diagnosed our ailing computer and fixed it! To make a long, complicated diagnosis short and somewhat understandable, we did NOT have a virus; we had corrupted Windows.

Ironically, Captain K believes the Microsoft Security Update CD I'd installed last Friday was somehow responsible for Windows' demise. Maybe the CD was defective. So, the good captain backed up our important files, then uninstalled and reinstalled Windows on our machine. He also "reassociated" the *.doc extension with Word, since part of the trouble had been that Word was no longer interpreting *.doc files as Word documents.

Furthermore, Cap'n K updated our Internet Explorer to 6, refreshed our anti-virus software, and downloaded Mozilla for us to use as an alternative, less-vulnerable Web browser.

Woo-hoo!

In other news, the mighty combination of Flex-all, frozen Peruvian scallops (gotta love Trader Joe's), and rest seems to have restored my right calf back to its relatively healthy state. I'll find out for sure when I attempt a run around the neighborhood tomorrow. The Montrose Independence Day 5K is fast approaching!

Hi to brother M, if he's reading this. Brother M, when told of this blog, replied, "What's a blog?" Hee. Anyway, hello to brother M in San Antonio.

Oh! Here's something: We saw Fahrenheit 9/11 Friday night. I think it's imperative that every American watch this film. I know not everybody loves Michael Moore or the methods he uses for making his points, but the man does his research and presents indisputable facts. He does an extraordinary job of laying out the Bush family's numerous connections (primarily business-based) with Saudi Arabia, which explains, in part, why the Bush administration is using Iraq as a scapegoat for the so-called War on Terror and tiptoeing around the Saudis.

The film was also peppered with actual footage of various Bush speeches and soundbites, all of which were either shameful or mortifying. One of the most telling quotes from a speech made by Bush at some sort of black-tie affair went like this: "Well, here we are: the Have's and the Have More's. [laughter] Many think of you as our nation's elite; I think of you as my base."

And another, spoken by Bush on a golf course somewhere: "Yeah, we're going to get those terrorists. We're going to smoke 'em out. Now check out my golf swing."