Laptop Purgatory
My Apple would seem to be - as Cheney might say - in its last throes. Trying to figure out how to empty the trash of a troublesome file has turned into trying to figure how to get the darned thing even booted up. At any rate, online-ness has hit some serious snags in recent days. Adjust your expectations accordingly. Also, if anyone knows a Mac-related prayer, etc... I have an appointment with an Apple genius in the afternoon. Fingers crossed.

Luckily the old PC desktop can still accomplish some basic things, if inflexible to my schedule and location. Funny the things on which a life can come to depend.