Forehead Bump
Before our trip to Maine last week Libby got a pretty bad bump on her head. She ran full speed (which seems faster each day) into a metal cart at Lowes:
Poor thing - the bump swelled to the size of a large gerkin in seconds. Libby took it well, though, and stopped crying within a few minutes. Shannon and I didn't fare as well - we rushed home and called the nurses line to make sure we were caring for her correctly.
Pictures from Providence/Maine/etc will be posted Tuesday night.
Another BSOD
For the second time in 4 weeks my Windows laptop treated me to a beautiful Blue Screen of Death:
This brand new laptop crashed so hard that I couldn't even access, let alone repair, it's hard disk (mostly due to the very shitty Sanctuary device control software). A deadly one-two punch by an incompetent operating system and an overly protective device manager.
Want icing on this cake? Tech support says the whole problem is due to a Windows update that they distributed themselves. Argh!
Freakin’ Scary Hairy Jumping Spider
On our trip to a family friend's house I noticed a rather interesting looking spider on their stainless steel grill. I started taking pictures and noticed that the spider seemed to be doing a little twist whenever I moved the camera closer.
Curious, I zoomed in and noticed that this little guy was really turning to LOOK RIGHT AT ME! Gagh... the only thing scarier than a spider is a smart spider!
Freakin' huge jumping spider
Being the manly man that I think I am I kept taking pictures. This was a big mistake.
Approximately 10 seconds after snapping the above picture this gigantic, hairy, soon-to-be-airborne spider launches itself at me with all eight legs sprawled like the face suckers from Aliens.
Needless to say I did the only thing a real man would: I squealed like a little girl, dropped the camera, and stumbled into the picnic table behind me. Good times, good times.
I Lost my Cellphone
My beautiful silver RAZR cellphone has been missing for the past three days and I fear that it may be gone forever. Not having a cell phone was easy for a day, but now I'm itching to have that lovely little piece of technology back in my pocket where it belongs.
Susan, Shannon, and I have searched the house and cars completely yet it is nowhere to be found! It's sad to lose such a nice phone. To be honest I am more worried about Verizon, who are probably salivating over how much money I'm going to pay them to get a working phone line again.
I'm still checking my messages which has led me to a strange quandary: is it sadder that I lost my cell phone, or that no one has left me a message over the past three days. 
Waiting on Battery Charger
My Dell 1100 laptop's charging cable developed a short again recently and I had to order a replacement. This is the second time that I've had to replace this laptop's charging cord; it's tough to work on your laptop when the cord is making crackling noises and smoking (not to mention the fact that it was not charging my laptop's battery at all). Piece of crap!
Anyway, I am using this as an excuse for why the Maine albums haven't been posted. All of the images are on my computer at home waiting to be synced to my laptop. I could technically SSH into the home box and do it all over the command line, but I'm a bit too lazy for that.
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