SMART Failure Predicted

It's April 1st and I'm not fooling. Something tells me my computer isn't, either.


I resisted buying a laptop. Forever. I rationalized that I'd wait until I could buy a really, really good one.


In anticipation of a New Orleans trip two Septembers ago, to meet other writers, I bought the Sony VAIO conveying this entry. This entry's title has to do with a DOS error message I received when I booted-up this morning.


It seems Señor Sony, here, is smart enough to know to send me this message, a message that continues, "Hard Drive failure predicted. Perform immediate back-up."


Why me? Why now? After a weekend with a family crisis, my Louisville Cardinals losing their "Final Four" tournament game to the evil Lexington (KY) blue crew (Kentucky Wildcats), losing my wallet and just generally feeling cruddy, I'm not wondering what next, but... when?


Here's today's quotable profundity: Entropy is the deepest undiscovered fear in the human animal, and refused acknowledgement when episodically experienced.


My Spring Break may refer to mental health. I mean, I'm just sayin'....