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Let me begin by saying that I apologize for my absence. I have been dealing with computer issues on top of some incredibly difficult family decisions. First, the computer—my new Dell that has a phat daddy quad processor, tons of RAM and all the trimmings decided to stop working on Monday. I wouldn’t say it completely stopped working—just all the applications. Things had been running more and more slowly for weeks, which should have been a warning sign, until finally the computer decided to stop working all together. What was the proverbial straw that broke my computers back? Will Ferrell.Yep, Will Ferrell ruined my PC. Let me explain, my wife and I were watching the ESPYs on Sunday July 20th when we watched Will Ferrell do the acceptance speech for the Best Male Athlete in place of Tiger Woods and I thought to myself, “I need to upload this clip to the net and add post it on my site.” So, I went about my normal routine of burning the video clip to a DVD and transferring it to my computer to convert it and upload it to YouTube and that’s when all hell broke loose. My application to convert the file wouldn’t load correctly, it wouldn’t close and task manager also refused to open. My computer locked. I had to reboot. I tried to troubleshoot my program, reinstall it and try the process all over again…same result. The next time I rebooted I tried to go to the device manager to see if everything was working properly—it wouldn’t open. Apparently, Will Ferrell’s comedy (of course) was too much for my poor little Dell to handle. Anyways, after a week of dealing with customer support I and reverting back to the “factory image” a couple times with no success in solving the problem we started to test the hardware.
As I am currently in Cape May on a weekend hiatus using my laptop (as I may be doing for the foreseeable future) I am able to say in total confidence that the hardware should be done testing when I return home Sunday night. I hope I can find a resolution to all my problems with the new Dell by early next week…I hope. Hope is great thing and I have always been a “glass half-full” type of guy so I know Dell, Will Ferrell and all the other computer problems I have had will pass like fast food through a healthy digestive system. So, what was so special about the Will Ferrell clip that had me running to the computer to upload it and post it on my site? It was easily one of the funniest comedic moments I have seen in a long time—what do you think?
My next post will include another ESPY clip not to miss and details about a big decision we had to make as a family that has also kept my attention away from "Joeprah" as of late.
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