I remember when I was using Linux that it worked out well. But I've been using Windows because of some specific requirements, certains programs that just don't work on Linux. Well, they seem to work, but after destroying 4 hard drives, I reconsidered my position on that. 1 is happenstance, 2 is possible, 3 is a pattern, and 4 is the sign to switch to Windows for good. I saw somewhere instructions for getting it all to work out in Vista, but it was too much like rocket surgery. I thought it would be better just to dump money into cheapish plug-in headset and cope with the wires.

Man, I was on the phone for 70 minutes last night.

Anyway, the laptop has a built in microphone that actually works fairly decently, so if I wear headphones the thing is usable. But I'd be married to sitting right by the computer. It's a decent interim solution, I suppose.

I think we should learn Esperanto. A secret language. It'd be fun. Why not. It'd have to wait until summer. It'd probably be better to learn something useful, like Spanish. But that's hard. And you actually have to get it right. And, nah, Esperanto is pretty lame. Shuck that jive.

She was just 17! You know what I mean.

Okay. I'm totally getting work done here. Really.