I just spent two + hours on the phone with Dell, working on getting new drivers for my desktop which refused to acknowledge the Internet and was pretending not to have an audio card, as well as throwing in some video problems just for kicks.
We went with a Dell because you can get them with XP still, and because John hates Vista with a deep and eduring passion. So far it has been a pretty darn reliable computer, quite unlike our old Dell. But oh, I forgot what a pain it is to resolve problems over the phone. The guy who helped me was really nice and actually pretty resourceful, but what a waste of an evening! I bet Mac users don't have these kinds of problems...
Anyway, these peonies caught my eye at the grocery store over the weekend, and just looking at them makes me happy. Even when my computers are giving me fits. They are the embodiement of a lazy summer day -- so cheeful and pink and drowsy and overblown. I thought the Internet might enjoy them too.
aww. Flowers and sunshine and puppies!