Yeah, well, it’s not enough that my camera no longer lets me upload photos. I mean, that’s the kind of technology that isn’t supposed to work very long anyway, I think, because it’s so dependent on hardware. Whenever there are tiny parts and pieces involved, something is going to go haywire. Or get bent. I’ll solve the problem somehow (I already have one idea, from Jeannie: a card reader.)

But now, I have yet another printer problem. My fax/scanner/printer/copier can’t seem to do anything right just now. I couldn’t print from a word processor document today, because the computer said my printer was off line. It wasn’t, but I couldn’t convince it until I rebooted. And now lately about five out of every fifteen copies, in no particular pattern, have a black streak down the back. Since it’s down the back of the copy, and not on the front where all the text is, I’m still using the copier. But it’s annoying, and I don’t feel much like dealing with it. So I’m not.

After all this, and whatever else could go wrong today, I decided to go low-tech on the yard work this afternoon. I strapped on the gardening gloves and hauled out the yard waste container, and then I clipped all the blackberry brambles I could get my clippers on. I didn’t cover much ground, really, but at least you can walk from the driveway to my front door without getting attacked by thorns. That’s probably the best thing I managed to accomplish all day.