View From the Bushes

You know those times in your life when you do something so stupid, that looking back you can't fathom how you could have possibly thought it was a good idea to act in the way you did? A little history: my house has notoriously unreliable power. So getting a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) for my computer seems like the first thing I would do. But I waited, and I was lucky. But my luck obviously couldn't hold out forever, and I knew that -- so I arranged to buy an old UPS off of a co-worker, but it was not to be.

I had finally remembered to bring my checkbook with me, and I headed towards his cube to close the deal. But something strange was going on -- our mutual boss was in the guy's cube and the guy was shoveling all of his stuff into a box. Yes, you guessed it: at the exact moment I was going to buy the UPS the guy I was going to buy it from was fired. Taking this as some kind of sign from Heaven, I waited several more months before making another attempt, and it was only fear that made me act even then.

The power went out again, and when it came back on the computer wouldn't power up. Fortunately, the power supply just needed to be discharged, but I resolved then and there to get a UPS. So that very day I went to the store and bought one. I then took it home and sat it on my floor for the next couple of months. Finally deciding it was time to get it up and running, I plugged it in, only to find out that I didn't have a truly grounded outlet. That was enough to derail me for another couple of months, until today when the power went out again and this time I'm pretty sure the power supply really is fried. Yes, you are correct, the moral of this story is that I'm retarded.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross