Ran a red light today. And all because of my ego. Desmond zipped past the yellow, and not wanting to be the chicken who jammed his brakes, I floored the accelerator and crossed the lines just as the lights went red. It all happened so fast that I have no idea if there was any flash while I sped across the lights. Gonna be another nerve wrecking 2 weeks while I wait and see if any letter from the traffic police comes my way.

I have decided to be a safer driver. No don't laugh. I'm serious. Starting today, I'll be a good boy and slow down when the lights go yellow. And I'll try not speed. And I really should get more sleep before I go anywhere near the wheel.

Anyway. I'm beginning to wonder if my lappie hates me. For 2 days my LCD couldn't work, but on the third day, when Dell decided to send an engineer to my home and give me a free replacement for my LCD screen, it started to work fine again. As in perfect. No white blob, no distorted images, or even dead pixels. Simply perfect. And it remained that way all the way even till today when the engineer came by. To Dell's credit, they still replaced my LCD even though they couldn't see any problems with my current one. Nice to see a corporation with more faith in their customers.

You know that you're getting old when you find Class 95 music more appealing than 98.7.

posted by NEB at 1:37 AM

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