I have been blogging primarily on my BlackBerry of recent. Usually, I generally split time blogging 50-50 on my laptop and BB. Now, my laptop is crippled by the silliest problem.I am missing a key on my laptop. Not the Q. Not an X. I am missing the alpha dog of vowels: A. It broke off.
Cue Joni Mitchell: Don't it always seem to go... that you don't know what you got 'til it's gone...
I never knew how valuable A really was till this incident. Now, I can't type love notes to my wife (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). My left pinky is numb from banging on the broken nub.
I tried gorilla glue. Without dwelling on specifics, let me just point out that this was not my best
moment. I tried jamming the key into place, and reaffirmed the fact that brute strength is not a good substitute for delicate know-how.All in all, it seems I need a new keyboard... and some basic research proved it was not as expensive as I would have thought.
Life is so full of stories like this. Job was a guy who had it all, and then lost everything. And then some.
The moral of the story is that we must value every second with the gifts we have.
In the mean time, I am looking for a list of words that denote anger and disappointment, but don't have the letter 'A' in them.
Stay blessed.
Sent via BlackBerry
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2 comments:
How about "grrrr" or "belligerence" or everyone's favorite crossword puzzle answer, "ire". Expressions could include "shoot", "doggone it", and "Why, God, why?" - just off the top of my head.
Reminds me of years ago when the keys on keyboards were easily removed and I would swap the letters around on keyboards at the office. I'm sure I shouldn't have told you that.
You are good at this, K...
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