Internet is working again!

It wasn't working this morning. I assumed it was something with the USB cord, because I've had that problem before and because the "cable" light on the modem was lit up, so I bought a new USB cord. Didn't work. Oh, the cord itself seemed to work - unplugging it from either the computer or the modem gave me the "bloop" noise to indicate that I'd just removed some hardware, but I wasn't getting my internet access. Finally, I call the cable company. And find out that it was just that the modem had become disabled and I had to re-enable it through my laptop. Simple.

And now I have an extra (working) USB cord. I doubt I'll be able to return it, since it's working and opened and all. Does anybody need a new USB cord? It only cost me $20, but that's $20 that could've gone elsewhere.

In other news, Mommy's still sick with whatever it was that hit 'dul and Ana. She's got no fever, but she's headachy and phlegmy and weak. I suspect the weakness is from the fact that she's barely eaten in the past three days. I'm coming down with whatever-it-is as well. Joy.

Well, Brad's confirmed it...

Of course, I don't know how much of his chatter is true, how much of it is mistaken, and how much of it is making everybody happy. Time will have to tell.

Interesting post by ozarque.

Here.

Hm.

Brillo pads aren't kosher.

Of course, as people pointed out to him, they're not kosher because your cookware also has to be kosher. However, this also makes them non-vegan, because somewhere beef tallow is involved in the process of making steel wool. I did not know this. It is possible that my vegan/vegetarian friends also did not know this. Now you do.

What the hell?

Just read this.

I can't even comment. Just go read.

A scary computer-related article.

Twenty minutes? *shudders*

*sighs*

*reads the comments*

Every time. EVERY TIME somebody finds this and takes the test, their friends take it too - and then pop up with their results, asking "what does this mean"? Look. Unless your score was very high (above 35) it doesn't mean anything. There's a reason the AQ test isn't used for diagnostic purposes. It is completely possible to be NT and get a fairly high score. It's possible to be on the spectrum and score under the mystical cut-off of 32. It's possibly even possible to be on the spectrum and get a relatively low score. The numbers don't mean anything by themselves. If you're really curious about what your score means, get a book or an internet connection or something and research the autistic spectrum instead of asking "what does this mean, what does this mean". Nobody can tell you what a score of 17, or 20, or 26 means.

*sits and waits to be told what those scores mean*