ROP is a POS

I hate, hate, hate, HATE the new Rogers Online Protection. Like, with the heat of a thousand undying suns. LOATHE it. My life is pretty much 70% more stressful now that Rogers has booted Norton in favour of this crawling, elephantine monstrosity.

The virus scan tried to run the other day, and it locked up my comp so badly I had to leave the house while it did its thing. TWO HOURS LATER: TEN PERCENT SCANNED!!! The "Spyware Scan"... FIVE HOURS LATER: NINE PERCENT SCANNED!!! WTF!?!?! Also, it refuses to do these scans at the times I have scheduled, but decides to do them, oh, whenever - actually, usually when I am most busy.

ARGH.

Riddle me this: What is the point of aggressively thorough scans if I can/will never run them because they take too long? Give me quick and shallow, Rogers, just like life itself.

ARGH.

I Love Jesus, but...

LOLs, for real.

Words for the Day

"Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it."

(Talmud)

I <3 Whoopi

ugh

You Have to Love Buffy

FB/Twitter/Blog

So my internet presence has drastically reduced this last month. Perhaps you have noticed; perhaps you haven't. In any case, I don't really want to explain why I'm not online any more - we can just chalk it up to me having to be more disciplined about my computer time... That'll work. However, it's kind of depressing. Increased isolation is not really a good thing. bah.

Aftermaths

- I am now 31.

- After the disappointing and horrifying news about Tori Stafford, I cannot deny Declan anything that he enjoys.

- After a great comedy of errors yesterday, I finally have a wireless mouse. And a blister the size of a dime on my big toe.

On that subject, to lighten the mood:

Strange Fruit

i'm broken and can't be fixed

i can't stand any of this any more

eeeep.

1. Introduction (20-40) -- July 1

2. The Construction of the Jews (30-40) -- revised by June 23

3. Romance as Genre and Social Force (30-40) -- April 28 (Submitted in draft)

4. Intermarriage and the Jews in America (30-40) -- May 26 or June 2

5. Intermarriage Films and Liberalism (50-60) -- May 19/20

6. Intermarriage Films and the Critique of Liberalism (60-75) -- May 5/6

7. Conclusions (20-30) -- June 16/17