Going gentle into that. Goodnight.

 My computer died on Monday. It had a terminal illness first, freezing occasionally during 2005, then rebooting occasionally from the start of 2006, then rebooting ALL THE BLOODY TIME. Then, just when I was sick of that, it stopped rebooting at all.

It had major surgery: two reinstallations of windows, and a new HD, an internal cleanout and reseat. And a great deal of attention. So it had a good life and probably did its best for me.

The good news is that most of my stuff is on the HD and can be moved straight into a new old box. The bad news is that it all takes time when I have other very important things to do, and money when I have a deeply important project that will take more money than I have available as it is.

So I've decided to look on it as a challenge and an inspiration. I have begun a story about a person who experiences life as a process of rebooting and rebooting and... 

And I have also decided I will get there come hell or high water, whatever the bastards 
throw in my way.