But we were made of faithless flesh and bone

[lizblackdog]

Hah. I should know better by now than to brag about my superior immune system to someone who's coming down with the flu. Less than six hours after saying that, I have a sore throat, swollen glands, a runny nose and an uncontrollable urge to spend the next three days under a duvet - not that the last symptom is anything very unusual for me.

*cough* *hack* cough* *splutter*

I've also been having some annoying computer issues - Charlotte's RAM suddenly went from 340-something MB to 128MB overnight for no discernable reason (glitch in the Matrix? Nac MacFeegle? Kryptonite? Wormhole aliens?) and it's made everything very shaky - Firefox crashing twelve times a day and so on and so forth. So I haven't been online very much, and I'll probably carry on not being online very much for the time being. Doesn't mean I don't love you all, just means the Internet's a bit broken. See you when it (and I) are better.

Comments

Thought of you yesterday-

[crusherdisciple.livejournal.com]

My vibrator broke and I had to make an emergency run to the Sex Store. :D

Re: Thought of you yesterday-

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

How did you break it?

*snerk*

Re: Thought of you yesterday-

[crusherdisciple.livejournal.com]

...prolly from overuse.

I remember hearing a weird pop before I even started using it the other night. I was half asleep when I heard it. Woke up Sunday morning and the plastic was cracked and half off on the speed dial. :(((((((

Re: Thought of you yesterday-

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

At least it didn't explode or catch fire!

Seriously, I read a post in tmi_chix once about that happening to some poor girl. Can you imagine? 0_o

[topbit.livejournal.com]

Oops?

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT :-P

...was worth it though.

[carmine-rose.livejournal.com]

I think about half of my flist has gone down with something this week. Me included.

Hope yours doesn't last too long!

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

It's spreading via the Internet, I swear it is.

*hastily updates anti-virus progs*

[vanessalp.livejournal.com]

Is that your chicken soup?

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I haven't had the chance to make any myself, yet. This is one I Googled.

It's spreading via the Internet, I swear it is.

[johi36.livejournal.com]

It is! *runs and hides to stay healthy* ;)

Feel better!!! :)

[entorien.livejournal.com]

*Hugs*

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

I've also been having some annoying computer issues - Charlotte's RAM suddenly went from 340-something MB to 128MB overnight for no discernable reason

Do you use Mozilla Thunderbird for email? bovil posted the following this evening:

note to self... that "compact folders" option in the file menu of Mozilla Thunderbird is important when you're using IMAP. Run it at least once a month...

Apparently the folders have a tendency to bloat if not compacted regularly. His were bloated to about 16 times the total size of the actual messages contained therein.

[santaman.livejournal.com]

Open casing, reseat RAM module(s), that will also fix the unreliability....

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking I should do that. I've been a bit scared to faff around in Charlotte's innards by myself, though, and I don't actually know which bit the RAM modules are. I was going to wait for offsite tech support (http://www.livejournal.com/users/topbit/), but he's sick too and I don't know when I'll see him again now. :(

Perhaps I will have a go myself. If all I do is just look at everything and give anything that looks wobbly a push I can't actually make it any worse, can I?

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

You were right! :-D