Hi.

My. Freaking. Computer.

For some reason, it seemed to develop an allergy to the interwebz. That is the only plausible explanation I can come up with. It just spontaneously decided the wifi connection had gone *POOF!* and stopped connecting. Even though it’s been on this network for forever. (Basically.) And others’ wifi worked.

Basically, my computer killed the wifi.

…It got better.

Anyway. Happy August First.

Hi.

So, I recently switched to Office 360 or whatever it’s called. The one that comes with updates.

And there must have been an update recently. Because Word is now flagging me when I’m not being (according to it) 100% efficient in my wording. As in, it’s highlighting pretty much every stinkin’ adverb and adjective. Given that my current writing thing I’m using word for absolutely requires the specifications, this is driving me crazy.

It also looks like the modifications to what Word looks for may only apply to the single document. I’m not sure.

On the bright side, at least it is able to be fixed.

So, yeah. Microsoft. Irritating, but certainly wouldn’t want to go without.

Anyway. Have a lovely Saturday!

Hi.

So, Spring Forward. Gah. Not a fan.

Not the least of which, is because I’m usually hyper busy around this time anyway. So the “too much to do” combined with “challenges getting to bed anyway” AND “Bedtime now an hour earlier body-clock time”? Yeah. Bedtime kinda gets… eliminated.

(As you can probably tell by the coherence of the post.)

I’m sure there’s a reasonable reason for it. I just don’t want to know.

So, yep. Have a lovely Wednesday.

Hi.

So, I’m writing this after sitting through one of the MOST. ANNOYING. THINGS. EVER!

(Ok, slight exaggeration.)

But seriously.

It was a “cyber security training refresher” thingy that I needed to complete. It involved ridiculous animated HTML stuff (ewww!) and videos. And “simulations.” (woot woot. *eyeroll*).

And then, just to make matters “better”, it didn’t even register that I’d successfully finished the last third of the thing, so I got to redo that entire flippin’ section.

Yeah, it was annoying.

But, at least it’s over. For now. Wheeeeee.

So, Facebook is confusing me a bit.

Posting, for some reason, has been updated to have a bit of a pop-out window thingy. But to make matters even more “fun”, it doesn’t always register that because the window is popped out (and everything else is dark), I actually want to write something. So instead, when I press the space bar during those times, it scrolls down the page.

And it’s annoying.

Anyway. That’s the rant for today.

Have a lovely Sunday!

Hi.

So, it’s technically fall, right? As in, the season that starts to cool down? May even get brisk, turn into perfect weather for a warm beverage by a fireplace with a good book, while looking out the window?

Well, WHERE IS IT?!?!

IT’S GETTING UP TO ABOUT 100 TODAY. Where. Is. FALL?!?!

I’m not expecting any Fall colors until November, if last year was any indication… but could we at LEAST get some non-summer TEMPERATURES?

Would one of you get on that for me?

Anyway. I’m going to go make some more lemonade or something, and try to drown my woes in coolness. Or at least cool off.

I hope you have a less miserably hot day.

Hiya, Fluffsters.

Somebody came up with a fan theory that supposedly connects Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” with “Aladdin”. The theory is that Belle’s book is referring to Aladdin. The theory was popular enough that it even made a “trending” tag on Facebook. And got a “distractify” article. And other attention.

They cite the lines “Far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells, and a prince in disguise!” and “Here’s where she meets Prince Charming, but she won’t discover that it’s him ’til chapter 3!” as evidence.

My response:

No.

That is PLAINLY false.

The entire point of Aladdin is that he’s in disguise as a prince. He is not a prince in disguise. I don’t think Aladdin ever qualifies as Prince Charming, actually. He never truly becomes a prince, because the Sultan decrees that Jasmine (and any princess) can marry whoever she pleases. Aladdin also wishes Genie free, instead of becoming a prince.

SO THE ENTIRE PREMISE IS WRONG.

Furthermore, it’s always been clear that the book Belle is reading actually has a lot more to do with her own story. She meets a legitimate Prince Charming who is (somewhat) in disguise, and doesn’t realize it until the third act. She’s basically reading her own story!

And if it has to refer to a different Disney Movie, then Sleeping Beauty works at least as well. It takes place in England. That’s relatively far off, compared to provincial France, where Belle is. (Ok, so it’s not as far as Aladdin. But it’s still a ways away.)

Concerning swordfights: The prince fights a dragon with a sword. If that doesn’t count as daring, I don’t know what does.

(As a friendly reminder, I don’t recall Aladdin actually doing much sword fighting, either. He wins by using his non-princely street-smarts.)

Next, “Sleeping Beauty” definitely has magic spells. The entire premise is built around magic spells.

Finally, and more to the point, it has a prince in disguise.

Prince Charming comes waltzing into her life, but she doesn’t realize who it is.

But, he is still a prince.

FROM THE BEGINNING.

And that is actually one of the plot-points of the movie. Unlike Aladdin, where the plot-point is still the reverse.

So, the fan theory does not work.

Any questions?

Hiya, Fluffsters!

As I was logging on to write a fluff post for today, I had no clue. And then I started to log on, and now I have a topic.

LENGTHY PASSWORDS ARE ANNOYING.

This is especially true when your password is longer than your browser shows characters for. Thus, it’s hard to tell if your keystroke actually wasn’t recorded, or whether the non-update was due simply to length of the box.

As I said, annoying.

What about you? Do you have any password peeves?