Remind me again why ‘puters are a Good Thing?
DebR on Jun 02 2007 at 9:10 am | Filed under: A Robust Whine, It's a Meme Thing
Well…I’m here (for the moment), but the ‘puter issues still aren’t resolved, despite the fact that I spent quite a bit of time yesterday backing up files and trying some less-drastic solutions, like removing certain programs and changing certain settings, because I’m really not loving the idea of wiping the hard drive and starting over.
I thought maybe I had things stabilized when I went to bed last night, but this morning neither Firefox nor Internet Explorer wanted to start until I rebooted the ‘puter.
That is not a good sign. (<---Understatement!!!)
I'm not even allowing myself to think about the fact that, according to my Bloglines subscription page, there are 600+ unread posts from the past few days on blogs I like to follow. I hope they're all about happy, wonderful things that are happening in your lives!!! I will probably never know for sure because there isn't a chance in the world of me managing to catch up with all of that, even once I get my 'puter problems resolved (one way or the other!) so most of those will probably remain unread as I wipe the slate clean and start again. Oh well.
Meanwhile, as I wrestle with my personal electronic demon, here's a silly (but kind of fun) little game I ran across on an email list I belong to. It's a meme-ish sort of thing and if you decide to play, please let me know in comments so I can come see your answers. (Note my unbridled optimism - I'm assuming I'll have this balky monster working correctly so I CAN come see someone else's answers! HA!)
Scattergories
Instructions: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following…They MUST be real places, names, things…nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You can’t use your name for the boy/girl name question.
Your Name: Deb
Famous Artist/Band/Musician: Devo
4 letter word: Date
Vehicle: Dodge Durango
TV Show: Desperate Housewives
City: Detroit
Boy Name: Desmond
Girl Name: Daphne
Alcoholic drink: Daiquiri
Occupation: Dentist (shudder)
Flower: Daffodil
Something you wear: Dockers (ok, I don’t, but some people do!)
Celebrity: Danny De Vito
Something found in a kitchen: Dessert
Cartoon Character: Deputy Dawg
Something You Shout: Damn! (Or perhaps “Dayum!” :-))
Here’s today’s DAT:
“Prickly Poppy Buds” (They look like they need a shave, don’t they! Clickable if you want to see it larger.)
14 Responses to “Remind me again why ‘puters are a Good Thing?”
Game lover here. I’ll answer in the comments. Kudos to you for coming up with bonus points!
Your Name: Star
Famous Artist/Band/Musician: Sting
4 letter word: Soul
Vehicle: Saturn Sky
TV Show: Studio Sixty on the Sunset Strip
City: San Francisco
Boy Name: Steve
Girl Name: Stephanie
Alcoholic drink: Strawberry Margarita
Occupation: Scuba Instructor
Flower: Shasta Daisy
Something you wear: Sunglasses
Celebrity: Sharon Stone
Something found in a kitchen: Swizzle Stick
Cartoon Character: Sylvester
Something You Shout: Stop! (in the name of love)
Love, love, love poppies–oriental and Icelandic. More, more!
I think I’ll play along when I’m back at a computer. Right now youre keeping me company in the garage via cell (thank you wordpress). Holliworld is a real place! Or is that specifically what you had in mind when you added that disclaimer?
Deb, I do hope that you get the computer up and running pronto. Good luck and have a wonderful weekend.
xoxoxo
I can’t even comment on your computer woes because of that whole “scary contagious” superstitious thinking issue.
I was just thinking last night there has to be an easier way to keep up with all my favorite blogs without trying to remember them all and click on them every day - so how serendipitious - Bloglines subscription you say? I’ll have to go investigate. Do you have an URL?
Poppies! I LOVE poppies!
Your Name: Janet
Famous Artist/Band/Musician: Jimmy Page
4 letter word: Junk
Vehicle: Jaquar
TV Show: Julia Child
City: Jamestown
Boy Name: Jake
Girl Name: Jessamine
Alcoholic drink: Jamaica Sunday (1/2 oz lime juice, 2 oz dark rum, 1 tsp honey, 2 oz Lemonade; dissolve honey in rum, and pour into an old-fashioned glass half-filled with broken ice…yummy!)
Occupation: Jeweler
Flower: Jasmine
Something you wear: jeans
Celebrity: Johnny Depp
Something found in a kitchen: juice
Cartoon Character: Jessica Rabbit
Something You Shout: jesus h!
ok….i’m going to try this one. but b is never easy!!!
name: bee
famous artist/band/musician: bay city rollers (that WAS a band…right?)
4 letter word: barn
vehicle: BMW
tv show: beverly hillbillies
city: bridgetown
boy name: bert
girl name: brooke
alcoholic drink: beefeater’s gin
occupation: BARTENDER!!!
something you wear: birkenstocks
celebrity: bruce willis
something found in a kitchen: bread
cartoon character: buzz lightyear
something you shout: (son of a) b***h!!
I LOVE your DAT today. And here goes:
name: Kristen
famous artist/band/musician: Keane
4 letter word: Kite
vehicle: Kia
tv show: Knots Landing
city: Kalamazoo
boy name: Ken
girl name: Krystal
alcoholic drink: Kamikaze
occupation: Kundalini yoga instructor
something you wear: Knickers (panties)
celebrity: Kerri Russell
something found in the kitchen: Knife
cartoon character: Kim Possible
something you shout: Kiss My %*$# (to all the crap drivers out there)
Okay, I will try. But A is hard!
Name: Amber
Band/Artist: America
four letter word:…Anus
Vihicle: Accura? That is car, right?
Tv show: All My Children
City: Atlanta
boy name: Asa (love this name)
girl name: Annabella
Alcoholic drink: Assfuzz
Occupation: Anthropologist
Something you wear: Anais Anais (my moms perfume)
Celebrity: Anne Lamott (she is to me!)
something found in the kitchen: Asparagus
Cartoon character: …*chirp.chirp*…No idea.
something you shout: Asshead!
Hope you have a good weekend.
I don’t know about your computer but I had similar problems a while back and the trouble was caused by a deeply rooted cootie in the registry. A fresh version of Ad aware found it and rooted it out. Also, just yesterday, Firefox dished up a new version.
Okay here goes (great pic too)
Name: Shazza
Band/Artist: Sherbert
four letter word:Shit (sorry lol)
Vehicle: Shelby (cobra)
Tv show: Sailor Moon
City: Singapore
boy name: Seth
girl name: Saraya
Alcoholic drink: Squashed Toad (layer of creme’de’menthe, layer of Baileys, layer of grenadine in a shot glass) green-brown and then red Yummy
Occupation: Stripper
Something you wear: socks
Celebrity: Stevie Wonder
something found in the kitchen: scales
Cartoon character: Scooby Doo
something you shout: Shit
My scattergories answers are posted! I did have to resort to google for a few things…I’m not very good with flowers, and there aren’t many A’s!!! Although I was tempted by the Asian poppy…
Amber, I agree that Anne Lamott is a celebrity! Good choice.
Computers are such a pain in the rear! I hate them when they go wrong, it infuriates me. Not as much as when so-called experts look blank and say “err, I don’t know” when you ask for help!
I copied your scattergories onto my blog. What a teaser!
Your Name: Morven
Famous Artist/Band/Musician: Mental As Anything
4 letter word: Meme
Vehicle: Mercedes
TV Show: Men in Trees
City: Morven (is this cheating? – there’s Morven, NZ; Morven GA, Morven, Scotland)
Boy Name: Malachy
Girl Name: Muriel
Alcoholic drink: Margarita
Occupation: Mistress of the Robes (a lady of high rank in charge of the Queen’s wardrobe)
Flower: Marigold
Something you wear: Mules
Celebrity: Marilyn Monroe
Something found in a kitchen: Marmite
Cartoon Character: Mickey Mouse
Something You Shout: Medulla oblongata (OK I don’t but isn’t it a cool thing to say?)
This was just too fun. I want to do more!
I had TOO much fun reading all your answers! I think I may have to think up some new categories and make this a recurring game.
Amber, if Assfuzz is a real drink, you MUST post the recipe!! LOL! Also, cartoon character - maybe Archie?
Deb, thanks for the ‘puter advice! I took it - updated my copy of Ad Aware and ran it and got rid of some stuff. I’ve done several other things too. I’m not sure things are totally back to normal, but they’re better. (knock wood!)