In keeping with the general trend across the country, we had some storms roll through in the middle of the night. Not anything near what some folks have been forced to suffer through, of course, but enough to freak out the dogs and get me up out of bed. It was the first real chance to use their new Thundershirts, and results were, well, not particularly impressive. So I’ve been out of bed since about 2:00 and catching up on my recorded teevee. This promises to be a long day.

Even worse, looks like we’re in line to get some severe storms this afternoon, and nobody will be here to keep the poor dogs company. And it’s gonna get really hot and humid (it’s already close to 70°). Sucks all the way around.

Maybe I can use the pool to cool off, though I’m not holding out much hope. The water has cleared a lot, but after another 10 gallons of “super shock” last night, I still can’t see the bottom of the deep end (though I suppose I ought to wait until daylight to pass judgement). Frankly, I have doubts that it will ever clear up, and am at a loss as to what to do next, except, perhaps, to change the sand in the filter.

I wouldn’t really care, except we’re throwing a fair amount of time and money into this thing that could be put to other uses if it’s just not gonna work out. Yeah, bitching about the pool seems pretty Republican, doesn’t it?

The trackpad on the Macbook went insane again last night, and is insane still this morning. So it’s back to the Dell (whose trackpad is reliable, but the goddamn sound doesn’t work). Next time it gets its shit together (if it ever does), I think I’ll spend some time wiping everything off it and then returning it to work. It’s just not worth the hassle any more. About all it’s good for is charging my Bluetooth headset. I wish I could afford to try out a Chrome notebook or an Android tablet, but that might cut into the whole throwing money into the pool thing.

Apple, Dell, and Microsoft (three rotten peas in a pod, as far as I’m concerned) can all kiss my ass. Apple for its shitty, overpriced hardware, and annoying marketing, Dell for it’s shitty, relatively reasonably priced hardware, and Microsoft, for, well, just because.

Oh well, I’m off tomorrow, so hopefully we can all make it though today. Stay safe and dry out there.

Christ, I’m tired.