I'm crowing today. Why? Because my computer has come back to life. Goddess be praised, all hail the Cult of the Righteous. That's right kiddies, my Mac rawks.

I've heard all the arguments, and I'm sorry, but they're just bullshit. Five days on a loaner PC have re-convinced me of that. Stealing from Skippy, let me offer up this lovely little ditty:

Would you tolerate this in a car? The why do you on your machine?

for no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. you would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. for some reason you would simply accept this.

Troy McClure Voice

Hi there! I'm Geeky McIdiot. You may remember me from such films as "Star Wars: The Screensaver" and "Science Babes Gone Wild." I'm here to remind you to never, ever, not even if it brought about the end of the Bush Regime, forget to back up your machine.

screen fades

Well, I guess I just got a little carried away there, ho ho, yuck yuck, and let the majesty and breadth of the Intertubes overwhelm my little pea brain. That's right kids, my old workhourse ibook coughed and doesn't seem to want to come back, and I, well, um, sort of haven't backed up in a while.

There! I confessed! What more do you want? Stop kicking me! /uncontrollable sobbing sounds/