I was impressed with Windows 2000 professional. Have been considering the move to XP. Just know my way around ME. Sure would miss msconfig though.

I couldn't actually find any free dll repair programs any more. One nowadays has to find out how much free costs it seems. But thanks to the msconfig that Windows Me has I was able to uncheck a program called Deac to get rid of error message that msvcr71.dll was giving.

Don't Hate Me So

Don't hate me so because I was the one left behind.
You were left behind as I and hate can be so unkind.
Let us both pick up the pieces of our broken hearts.
We have to go on living and can't be like sour tarts.
We can remember the good times and less of the bad.
She was your mother and but my wife; Yes, it was sad.
Survivors have to stick together; Life can be so cruel.
But to take it out on each other makes us both a fool.
We are the broken pieces that have to be repaired.
We both loved your mother and glad we have shared.

To my stepdaughter, Becky

Thanks, Marie. I have single friends who tell me it is ok to be single and I have married friends who tell me that it is ok to be married. There is a book out where this one lady asks the question of, "Why do I think I have to have a man in my life to feel complete?" I am sure the question can apply to both sexes if the reversed was asked, "Why do I feel that I need a woman in my life to feel complete?" I can remember one self-help book that goes over the idea of the successful divorce. I think it is cool to celebrate one's divorce anniversary date just like one used to celebrate one's marriage anniversary date. What I find helpful is to not isolate when one is in the unmarried state. I try to be around people if I feel like I am isolating. Went through this fear of claustophobia and agraphobia. Both are extreme states of too little space and too much space. After a while one can get this attitude of it is ok to be me. I think that is a cool state.

Oh, no not the blue screen of death. A Blue Screen of Death (also known as a stop error, BSOD or bluescreen) is an error screen displayed by certain operating systems, most notably Microsoft Windows, after encountering a critical system error. Bluescreens can be caused by poorly written device drivers, faulty memory, a corrupt Registry, or incompatible DLLs. Bluescreens have been present in all Windows-based operating systems since Windows 3.1; OS/2 and MS-DOS suffered the Black Screen of Death, and early builds of Windows Vista displayed the Red Screen of Death after a boot loader error.

The term "Blue Screen of Death" originated during OS/2 pre-release development activities at Lattice Inc, the makers of an early Windows and OS/2 C compiler. During porting of Lattice's other tools, developers encountered the stop screen when NULL pointers were dereferenced either in application code or when unexpectedly passed into system API calls. During reviews of progress and feedback to IBM Austin, the developers described the stop screen as the Blue Screen of Death to denote the screen and the finality of the experience.

Torey, what you speak of I found out to be institutionalized and cultural shock. Marriage can give a false sense of security. One can overcome the fear of dating that way sense one already has one. The cultural shock is when realizes even though a divorce was the right thing to do it sure is different than being married. Strange that one can miss the antagonist. It can become a damn if you and damn if you don't kind of situation. While one is hopefully smart enough to not do like I did and remarry the same one only then to remember why one went through the divorce the first time. Marriage can institionalize one as one can grow used to the idea that one is not alone for there is the other. As one becomes single from a divorce one has to reidentify who one's self is to one. The change from the 'we' state to the 'I' state is where the cultural shock comes in. It is like a shock to the system. One if not careful can get remarried too early only to find themself back to where they feel the need to get divorced again and one can find one's self in a vicious cycle. It reminds me of the movie, "Altered States". There is this psychological, emotional, spiritual reconditioning that takes place as one gets conditioned to the idea that a great change has taken place. I could of just said what Marie said in a few words, I know.

I am glad you liked them. Poetry can be so therapeutic.

I just got an email buddy from China. Her name is Shunai. She wrote 'shun' means "everything goes well" and the 'ai' means love. I thought it was beautiful name.

In the Star Trek universe, the Q Continuum is an extradimensional plane of existence inhabited by a race of seemingly omnipotent, immortal, hyperintelligent godlike beings known as the Q. Although they have individual, flawed personalities (they seem prone to arrogance, for instance, although they would argue that an omnipotent being has every right to be arrogant) their power seems unlimited ("I have unlimited control over space, matter and time" -Q2). They claim to be largely indifferent to the affairs of the non-Q beings living in normal space, or in the many dimensions parallel to their own, considering them to be insignificant and childlike, though sometimes amusing as only children can be. However they are clearly very interested in human beings in particular, subjecting the human race to various tests. These tests often imply that they feel somewhat threatened by humanity's potential, but are intrigued by it as well. The Q have appeared in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager.

I like the way Que got carried over from the original Star Trek to the next generation. I hope he is in the new movie.

So who do think was more attractive Major Kera Nerys or Seven of Nine?

I think that is a good script and would go well with the Deep Space Nine episode where the red head got mad with someone using her hologram facsimile for carnal pleasure.

As long as they are rewriting it I hope Spock gets to have sex more than just once every seven years. I thought that really sucked. From the grapevine I heard that Dr. McCoy told Captain Kirk that was why Spock's ears were pointed because it just kept backing up. Now wonder Spock would go into such a rage. I don't think anyone should have to wait for a chance every seven years.

My son used to eat like a Tribble.

I hope they don't forget the Tribbles.

Oh, I had forgotten both of them. Thanks for reminding me. Must of been the Vulcan mind meld that affected my memory.

Deanna Troi's mother. I just remembered.

It didn't say if Gene's wife, the voice of the computer and the mother of the empath in the next generation will be in the movie. I don't why they should leave out somethig so important to Trekkies.

Now they have just gone too far. They are messing with Gene Rodenberry's dream. Such sacriledge. I think both Vulcans and Humans should be in an uproar.


Winona Ryder Goes Trekking
By Gina Serpe
Today at 1:24 am

For Winona Ryder, it's a fine line between pixie-like and Vulcanesque.

The actress has become the latest boldface name attached to J.J. Abrams' highly anticipated reboot of the Star Trek franchise, signing on to star as mother to a young Spock.

It will be Ryder's biggest studio film since 2002, when the two-time Oscar nominee costarred in Mr. Deeds with Adam Sandler and S1m0ne with Al Pacino. Ryder laid low for several years following her shoplifting arrest and has only appeared in a handful of mostly independent films, most notably in Richard Linklater's 2006 rotoscope-animated feature, A Scanner Darkly.

Variety reports the erstwhile Heathers star will play the Vulcan mother of the Starfleet logician, sending Trekkers into a tizzy. Abrams is messing with a key element of the Star Trek canon: In all previous installments of the franchise, Spock's mother was human, not Vulcan (the pointy ears come courtesy of his father's side of the family).

As conceived by Trek mastermind Gene Rodenberry, Spock's mother was Amanda Grayson, a teacher who met and married Sarek, the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth. The two later decamped to planet Vulcan. Spock's maternal unit was first introduced in a 1967 episode of the original series and portrayed by actress Jane Wyatt. Wyatt reprised the role in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

The 36-year-old Ryder will mother Heroes' Zachary Quinto, an actor just six years her junior. It's unclear whether movie makeup magic will make up the age difference or whether Ryder's character will only appear in flashback. Original Spock Leonard Nimoy is also slated to appear in a cameo role, though it's unclear in what capacity.

No official details have been released about the film's plot, other than it will revolve around the Starship Enterprise crew's first mission together.

Ryder's addition signals the end of casting. In recent weeks, Abrams beamed up Chris Pine (Kirk), Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy), Simon Pegg (Scotty), John Cho (Sulu), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Anton Yelchin (Chekov) and Eric Bana (the nefarious Nero) to the film.

Shooting is scheduled to begin on the film this month and is expected to last through March 2008. The film is slated for a Christmas 2008 release.

You're such a good man, Charlie Brown.

You're such a good man Charlie Brown.
Thats why folks like having you around.
Don't listen to Lucy; She'll get you down.
She'll raise that football off the ground.
You're a blockhead with a head so round?
Trust Lucy even on the pitcher's mound?
Lucy's advice really isn't all that sound.
I would think twice; Others can be found.
There is no need to leave your small town.
You're such a good man Charlie Brown.