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Windows Vista, when combined with Internet Explorer, has raised its security consciousness to Bush-like levels. Example: "open new mini-window" is a threat worth waiting for my approval, but "delete ninety minutes of work because a backup cookie and/or a popup is 'a theat'" is not.

And I understand that they plan to discontinue selling XP? Do they assume that when consumers are faced with the choice between a memory hog clusterfuck and a more reliable OS that is no longer available for sale and thus must be pirated, that people will choose the former out of some sense of loyalty?

Ah! Install Firefox. Start writing again.

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Swelling has narrowed my vision to a tear-streaked La-Forge-esque strip.

Indeed.It feels like I have taken a small muppet, stretched it and shoved my head up its ass until it fits like a belaclava.

Fortunately, I'm not having trouble sleeping on my back. I am having trouble with stress/narcotic-induced repetitive dreams that gradually turn sour and more baffling over the course of the night. I've been up for a coule hours, hoping to shake them.

Also, slight tinglings in numb places herald diminished swelling and the return of nervous sensation. Good.

( What I can remember, part one )

FFS - Part two

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I open my eyes and the world comes back on me with a rush. Busy people. Flourescant lights. A gurney's edge.

"Where am I?"

Questions come back at me. Name. Birthdate. Etcetera.

This must be the post-OR room ("the post-operating room room"). I'd not seen it yet, only heard one of its occupants moaning.

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