Well I wrecked the El Camino, and it woulda been DWI

So this morning, with a snap! heard through the house, Jack the Giant Killer, the venerable Windows XP desktop, left this mortal realm.  I'm hoping this is a temporary death and that Jack can be revived with the installation of a new power supply, and that the neutrinos escaping from the explosion of what is now certainly the Former Power Supply didn't nuke the hard drive.

It would be. . .mildly inconvenient if I lost the hard drive, most of the important stuff is backed up.  And the Book is Safe -- I apologize to the writers reading here, I should have said that first.

If Jack is truly lost to us, I'll be hooking Ox up to the big screen and the Funny Looking Keyboard.  I do NOT have the budget for a new desktop this year.  Gah.

For now, I'm writing on the Mencken Table via Ox, from which I will sporadically be available to the internets.

In the meantime, having done the day's murder, I have chores to do.

Everybody stay safe.

(The heading comes from Rachel's Song, by James McMurtry.  Here's your link.)

Books read in 2014

9.  Black Widow: The Name of the Rose, Marjorie Liu, Daniel Acuna
8.  Agent of Change, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (e)
7.  The Emperor's Agent, Jo Graham (e)
6.  Eternity and a Day, Aline Hunter (e)
5.  Kindred Rites, Katharine Eliska Kimbriel (e)
4.  Billy the Kid, the Endless Ride, Michael Wallis
3.  The Steerswoman, Rosemary Kirstein (e)
2. Uncovered, Jordan Matter
1.  Dancers Among Us, Jordan Matter