Withdrawal Symptoms

Gentle Readers,

This blog is not dead. I am simply without internet access....and I'm suffering withdrawal.

Here's what happened: I moved. Stayed within the same town, moved even closer to Verizon's hub.

Verizon denied me my DSL, said they could not even grant me dial-up, because I was too far away from the hub.

NOT EVEN DIAL-UP?!!!!

Apparently, the folks who man the computers dont have accurate information, and if you can flag down a Verizon truck, the DSL guy can get you what you need. But Verizon is on strike, and I'm not sure if waiting around for a truck is a good use of my time.

So I struck a deal with the Devil. Yes, that's right........COMCAST!!!

I haven't had TV reception for years, have only had cable once, many many years ago. I hate having to give my money to Comcast, with all that it represents (HBO series with soft-porn) and its huge arachnoid tentacles.......

But here I am, in internet withdrawal. Installation is scheduled for September 8, the Blessed Mother's birthday.

Pray for me please, and pray that the installation goes smoothly.

Pray also for those affected by Hurrican Irene....so many lost everything in the floods. I didn't even lose electricity, and here I am complaining about having no internet. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.