James Lileks, author of a new book called Mommy Knows Worst: Highlights from the Golden Age of Bad Parenting Advice, wrote the following in his daily column The Bleat:
Drove home; talk radio was bothersome. Repetitious contention without conclusion; verbal whack-a-mole.
Yeah. That about sums it up.
My laptop was having problems.
The right hinge on the screen was broken, and so the lid to my laptop would either fall onto my hands while I was typing, or else experience a fainting spell and fall backwards.
It was well-nigh unusable. So, my Dad ordered a replacement case off of eBay, but the repair looked more challenging than we expected, and I had planned to take it to a repair shop.
But then I found out that a guy who lives across the hall from my brother in the dorms repairs laptops. I mentioned my laptop problems to him, and he offered to repair it. So, tonight I took the laptop to his room.
The process actually took a couple of hours. To fix the laptop, he essentially had to completely disassemble it, move the motherboard into the new case, and reassemble it. I felt bad, because I know he hadn’t planned to burn his whole evening on this thing.
But now my computer works perfectly. Drew knows what he’s doing with laptops, and I’m very, very happy. I can actually use my computer in class again!
So, that’s my shout-out to Drew. If he ever opens a laptop repair business, I’ll refer you, my loyal readership, to him. For now, he’s got my gratitude.
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