Memorial Penny Jar

We haven't been able to do much posting lately because the magical elves inside our computer have not only tampered with our internet connection, they've gone ahead and glitched up the whole damn thing, sending us to the Apple genius bar several times over the weekend for technical support. At this point, it appears to be congestive heart failure, and we have an unknown amount of time left...

Our dear, little laptop, (pictured above) is considered vintage at the ripe age of six, and Apple no longer makes the parts that we would need to perform a transplant (as if we could afford such a procedure.) I truly believe that the little guy is holding onto his last breath to see me through to my undergraduate degree, but it could really be any day now. Dan performed an emergency blood transfusion, saving all of my writing, our photos, and music to an external hard drive--but sadly, we've lost access to multiple programs, including (oh the devastation!)...freecell.

We have only short bits of time with him each night as he moves in and out of consciousness, and we can only hope that we have made his life full of happiness as he has served us so graciously. A penny jar will be set up as a memorial fund; please give freely. Proceeds will go to acquiring a donor--most likely a mismatched monitor, tower, and keyboard from the antique technological vaults of Dan's company. Then, when I sell my script or Dan buys a winning lotto ticket, we'll get ourselves a fancy new iMac, and name her Jezebel, because we love that name and we figure we can't name an actual child that anyway.