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Not much progress on the laptop. It's doing the hal.dll thing just about every time I boot up. Again. I think I'll have to contact Dell Support, see what they have to say. I do still have a service contract. But I've been underwhelmed by them in the past, to say the least. At least two of my support requests (out of about four) ended up turning into epic battles (one to get a defective hard drive replaced, the other to fill an IOU after they'd lost the paperwork). And those were before support got outsourced. I think I'll wait until my sleep schedule comes around to the daytime before I call.

Did get to spend some time with friends this past Friday, which was awesome. Saw 9 to 5, and that was a lot of fun. Way better than the movie. Broadway has impressed me lately in that regard. I've seen several shows that were adaptations from other media, and they all managed to improve on the source material.

Speaking of which... my sibs, for my birthday, decided to take me out to a show. My choice. Just the 3 of us (with bros-in-law watching the kids for the evening). I think right now I'm leaning towards The 39 Steps, but I think I need to sift through more reviews and stuff first. We'll also need to find a workable date. But looking forward to that, whenever it happens.

In other bday-related news, I want to show you this:



Looks kinda cool, doesn't it?

(Pics should have alt text, btw, for those who can't see them. Let me know if there are any problems.)

But I'll lay odds it's not what you think it is.

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