ink cartrige scam

So, I'm just wondering if this has happened to anyone else: your printer stops working suddenly because the ink cartridges have expired. Wait, though...they still have plenty of ink in them! But because there's an expired date on the cartridge that the computer found out about (proof that Dwight Schrute was right and computers are smarter than people), it can no longer print. Ridiculous. I think that HP is running an subtle scam to force scrupulous people who don't use a lot of ink to spend more money on ink supplies.

Seasonal Confusion Disorder

The grass is green, the trees are blooming yellow and white and red...but I can't see them because everything is covered in snow. And I'm concerned that the earth might be suffering from a serious disease: Seasonal Confusional Disorder (SCD for abbrev. lovers out there). How can Spring do this to me, to us? Does it know that it probably killed the cherries that I absolutely look forward to every June? Oh, Spring...you'll have to work hard to redeem yourself from this one...

3 cheers for Spring!

It's warm and sunny in West Virginia - so here's some cheers on Spring's behalf:
-to an incredible 80 degree day today
-to feeling motivated to clean my house (like washing my coal-dusty living room curtains)
-to Ultimate Frisbee with some friends on top of a mountain
-to listening to songs on my mp3 player in A-Z order (i never know what's next)...right now I'm on the 'c's
-to 7-up and freshly squeezed lime
-to Resurrection Sunday next weekend!