PDR is not so good at putting together new computers. On the plus side, PDR has a new computer, even if it is, at this point nothing more than a strange jagged jigsaw puzzle with my blood on it.

This old computer will do until that thing gets its act together.

I have this Halloween bucket with a cartoon Frankenstein’s monster on it that I keep on this desk here for loose change. I bought some of those little rolls for putting change in today and counted it mostly all up. I had about $150 sitting right there. Now most of that is going to go into my get a non-sucky computer fund. The little bit that isn’t? That’s going to be

Speaking of change, I was walking down Spring Garden Road today, so of course I got a guy bumming money from me. I gave change out of my pocket to him and continued walking. Then someone else asked for some, and I told him I gave it to that last guy. That happened three more times after that and each time I told them I gave it to the first guy. By far the best response was the bum who muttered, “Oh, I see how it is,” afterward. That amuses me.

Did everyone’s mousepad disappear over night, or was it just me? ’Cause if it was a worldwide thing, I’m willing to let it slide. And apart from that my computer is now rebelling against me by switching all my bookmarks into alphabetical order, instead of the order I had them in for years so I knew where everything was. Technology is the Great Satan.

In other news, I’ve been drafted. It turns out that President Truman invented time-travel and has been getting new troops from different eras. It turns out that he can even draft non-Americans. Well, I’m glad I already know how that war ends, so I won’t have too much to worry about.