It appears my hard drive is crapping out, and Circuit City needs me to run some sort of system restore utility before their warranty kicks in.  Only problem is, the system restore utility CD wasn’t included with the computer.  So now I have to order it from HP.  But the HP “store” isn’t open until Monday.  After that, it will take 5 days to arrive. At which point it will

Anybody know what happened after, say, 10:30?  Hello?

Off in a few minutes to meet up with Kate of small dead animals, who is visiting Colorado from one of those Canuck villages where people spend the time between hockey fights shooing away moose and drinking super strong Molson from a mug made out of snow and twigs. If you’re in the Denver environs and wish to stop by, we’ll be at Heavenly Daze, 208 S. Kalamath.  **** update: