Laptop Update

They were able to retrieve my data!  Thank goodness for small favors.  I've found an affordable replacement, but it is going to take me awhile to amass the cash.  As it stands, until then I'm still connected, but only sporadically.  I'll post as I can.  See you all soon.   :-)

Pause for station RE-identification

I'll keep this short as my current access to the web has a definitive time limit. 

My laptop died.  The horrible my-logic-board-and-hard-drive-are-dead-no-returning-from-dead-kind-of-death.  The nice people at the istore are currently trying to retrieve my data.  (fingers crossed).  I'm going to be gone for awhile unless something changes VERY dramatically in the next few days...

Thank you all for reading and commenting.  I'll be back as soon as I can.  Wish me luck.  I need as much as I can get.