Computer Help?

I have a new laptop and I cannot get the mouse function on the little mouse board thingie to scroll.

Help? Please?

Where do I go so that I can frigging scroll?

And on that note, I've got a MIcrosoft wireless mouse that seems to have installed, but I can't the damn mouse to work.

I'm very frustrated...

Brain Spins

Things are a bit out of control at the moment. And hurtling towards me like boulders down a mountain side.

My job is to dodge.

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I am STARVING.

I am eating cold rice, in the hopes that S will be out of his meeting ASAP so we can have lunch, but I may pass out before that. Thus, the rice.

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I saw Harry Potter. ( I liked it. Mostly. Spoilers. )

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Does anyone want to come and do a lot of work for me? I'm overwhelmed and a bit stressed by it all. But, I have companies calling and wanting to settle. Which reminds me, I need to collect my phone. It should be charged by now.

Cheers, Internets.

TSA: Make Them Look You in the Eye

Elusis Says It Much Better Than I.

I am summing this up as thus - the general traveling public's right to be safe does not trump my (or anybody's) right to NOT be sexually assaulted, especially when there are countless arguments pointing out that these new "safety" measures are not safer than other alternatives.

If you're flying the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I urge you to consider opting out and forcing the pat down, if you're able to withstand it. As humiliating as it may be, there is someone out there for whom it will be worse, because of a history of sexual abuse, sexual assault, non-sexual abuse, non-sexual assault, mental abuse, and a whole host of other issues.

Take a stand, if you can, because there are people who need you to and can't do it for themselves. Take a stand, because we should have the right to demand that our government NOT treat us like criminals.

Another piece of advice, describe what the "pat down" is actually doing. This is a non-violent defense for any situation involving assault, as the people doing the assault do not like to have their actions pointed out to them.

"You are touching my breasts. You are touching me between my legs. I am not comfortable with what you are doing. You are groping my backside. You are squeezing me without any real reason."

Ask to have witnesses with you. If you can really withstand it, ask for it to be done in full view of as many people as possible. MAKE THEM LOOK YOU IN THE EYE.

And then write to your congressmen and women and ask them when the last time was that they had to travel and undergo "security screenings."

It's not okay.

Wish List

I do one of these every year and am always delighted and amazed at the generosity of the flist. :)

So, you know the drill - please link me to your lists if you have one. The items can be as small or as big as you want; costs can be free to exhorbitant. The goal is to do what you can for whom you can.

Things that would make me happy:

1. Cookie recipes (no nuts!)
2. Fun holiday music (mp3s or I can give you an address if you want to send me a CD)
3. Fun non-holiday music, especially good songs to run to (ditto above!)
4. Fics for me. You know my tastes!
5. Anything at all dealing with Agent Brand (fic, meta, icons, art, a mood theme, a layout, fic recs)
6. Ditto number 5, only with Agent Brand/Hank McCoy
7. Paid journal time
8. A vacation! Preferably to a place with a beach, but I'm not that picky!
9. Donations to Hagar's House in Decatur, GA
10. Gift cards so that I can keep using my Netflix online through my XBox360!