ok, this is.... wierd.
To sum up my absence, upgrading OpenOffice killed the laptop. I had been assuming (apparently incorrectly) that it was the only functional computer in the house. (As some of you may recall, I was having lots of problems with the desktop). So that's why I've been gone.
However, I tried one Last time to turn on the desktop before I called the computer doctors back, and it started right up!!!! So, uh, I guess it's fixed.......
Anyway, Wednesdays are fine with me. Is the starting time 5 PST, or 5:30 PST (7 or 7:30 my time)