Be pro-social
Despite having some anxiety medication (and lots of side effects), it took me over 24 hours to overcome my anxiety and face the “horrible” things in the common area, like children, and get to the computer to try to do something, anything, for my life. I do not know what to say. “game over; I … Read more
I used what little strength I had to get to the hospital today. They gave me 3 days of Effexor and nothing else. I took the first Effexor. Here’s the issue: I took that Effexor on total blind faith that somehow things will get dramatically better very quickly. If I take these pills, if I … Read more
The only good news is that I feel that I might finally pass out from lack of eating and drinking and at least that will prevent me from hearing the crying children.
Even if I could describe my current state and how it has changed in the last 18 hours, you would not believe me or you would not be able to understand me. I only slept about 30 minutes last night. I think it is 1 pm here (the clock on the computer is always wrong … Read more
My hands are shaking, which makes it difficult to type on this dirty Arabic-English keyboard of this shitty computer crammed into the corner of the hostel. I reach for the delete key, but I hit the print screen key and some crappy screen capture malware program opens on this officially unofficial version of Windows 7. … Read more
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is brilliant, and one of the more brilliant things is what is not in his hierarchy: survival. The sum of many needs is survival, but survival itself is not a need. This is prescient because he did his research years before Watson and Crick discovered how genes are inherited and many … Read more
Long story, made shorter: since my motherboard is broken, I do not currently have the ability to decrypt emails or use RetroShare. In theory, I could recover the ability. I think I prefer Gmail, [email protected] for communication. Facebook is certainly the lowest on my list. Comments on Facebook or my website are nearly impossible for … Read more
If you shoot an arrow at a target, then after some amount of time, it will be half way to the target. After another amount of time, it will be half-way closer again. And again, and again, and again. It is always possible to find some amount of time that measures covering half the remaining … Read more
Computer is dead I have stripped down my laptop, done a bench build, reseated all components, and it is still no post, no video. I get power lights, the CD-ROM (when attached) will activate, and then the POST will cycle the power. No video; no beep codes. It’s dead, Jim. WordPress coding Navigation in WordPress … Read more
My computer is broken; I do not know why it will not turn on properly and I have spent eight hours working on it. I have no idea if I will be able to fix it. I am using the hostel’s computer to write this, but I will not have regular access. In the past, … Read more