Life Without a Computer...

You don't realize how much you rely on a computer until it's no longer at your disposal. This week our computer was out of commission due to a busted power cord. Now don't get me wrong - I didn't actually have to cope without a computer, I still had a computer at my disposal for the entire working day. Unfortunately for me, and fortunately for the taxpayers of Canada, my workplace network doesn't actually allow me to search all those guilty pleasure websites that I enjoy so much. So, for the past week I've lived without Facebook and amazingly enough I've discovered that you can actually have friends without a computer screen in front of you and conversations can occur over the telephone, or even in person.

So, what has happened in the past week? Unfortunately, not much. Spring has arrived in the Yukon and teh smell of thawing dog poop wafts through the, not quite warm, spring air. The trails around Whitehorse and mucky and slushy and unfit for walking, biking or running. While I wait for the trails to dry out, I've been riding to work on the road and had the pleasure to experience the incredible rudeness of Whitehorse drivers. So far this year, I've almost lost my life to drivers who are too busy gabbing on their cell phone to stay in their lane and been subjected to honking and swearing from those who don't believe that bikes should be on the road (even when they are in the bike lane). I'm trying to come up with a positive solution to cope with bad Yukon drivers, but so far I've been forced to grin and bear it and hope it improves as the summer gets closer and more bikes join me on the road.

Tomorrow night is TV Radio Bingo night at my place - I'll be sure to blog after I win the $8000.

Sierra posted this on Apr 20, 2007 from the livingroom | | permanent link