If you're wondering why I'm not online on my usual schedule, here's why:

Our family computer, as I have often stressed before, runs Windows Me
which is by far the sh*ttiest version of Windows I've experienced so
far. Today, it decided to stop booting up properly, getting stuck
before it loads Windows Explorer, so I'm stuck with the background, the
 cursor, and nothing else.  I tried restarting like 8 times, but it's
the same exact thing every time.  No clue why.

I would just boot it up from a Linux LiveCD I have, but that may
potentially screw up the Gateway GoBack restore system on the computer
because it doesn't like outside partitions or something, and my dad
would kill me if I screwed up the computer.

And since that's pretty much our only computer with internet access
(my new Vista machine isn't hooked up, which is a crying shame, really,
as it works perfectly [knock on wood]), I have to access the internet
at our public library, which of course limits how long you can be on.

Hopefully our computer will come to its senses soon, but until then my
facebook and ogame access is going to be limited.

Stephen (aka Scuba)