I'm not sure if tongodeon is losing the bet due to this, but something is going on when you see a random fury in Iraq. It may indeed be a sign that tongodeon is losing the bet if the extremists point to "...the horrible western influence of blue jeans and furries," as a source of the degradation of their society.

Regardless of his bet, this video is just... I don't have the words:



Trust me. Watch the video. There is a lot of Whiskey, Tangos, and Foxtrots involved.

I am realizing that tongodeon's bet with rwx, aka The Bet, will officially end upon Jan. 12th 2009. This is quickly approaching and makes me sad.

On the other hand, I find it uplifting to also realize that the official end of The Bet will not stop us from keeping our fingers on the pulse of the world of Furries in the Mainstream, regardless of the outcome due to nothing else if not habit. In other words, no matter who wins or loses The Bet I feel that it shall live on in eternity.

If nothing else, "The Bet" has become a part of this group of friends' lexicon and shall live on long after The Bet has ended.

My work laptop is on the fritz (lang?).

Over the past few days it randomly decided that I had two fingers on the trackpad. In addition, I would not be able to use the keyboard. Odd, but would only happen for a short while, then come back to normal.

This behaviour then upgraded it self to a pure lack of keyboard and trackpad functionality. Would usually last a few seconds intermittently, but regain normality.

This has now upgraded to full lack of keyboard and trackpad for extended periods of time. I have needed to plug in an external keyboard and mouse to regain control of the flailing beast. Once I decided it was hopeless, it started working again. It lasted for many hours, but now is back to being Tommy the Laptop. I sometimes think I hear See me, feel me, touch me, heal me coming from the speakers, but I'm not sure.

I have tried singing to it.

Laptop can you hear me?
Can you feel me near you?

Lappy can you see me?
Can I help to cheer you.

...but to no avail.

I have a feeling that this is some odd internal USB bus issue, but that is just a guess. I will probably have to take it into an Apple store to get it prodded, but maybe the Lazy LJ can help.

I have yet to upgrade to Leopard, but may do so soon. (My laptop is going to be my test case for a Leopard upgrade so I can test all my audio software and see how stable it is.)