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Back with back

My back gave out again last week. The problem with my back is that it does not give out when I do physical activities. I can carry around kids and other heavy stuff, play golf, climb tree and tall moountains and everything would be fine. But then, I can do something as simple as turn around and not able to unbend the very next moment. I've decided to ride this one out, with use of heat patches and Ibuprofen, and not go to my chiropractor. The man's good, but he takes unbearable amount of pleasure in making you understand that hurting is bad. Anyway, it's almost over.

Busy

I've been busy all this week with school work and a weenkend trip to New Jersey to celebrate my parents' umptieth anniversary. Great fun, although we are still very tired. Nothing to see here people, move along.

Weekend update

What has happened over the weekend. I love the stores that own-up. I also love the stores where customer satisfaction seems to be the primary concern. Over the weekned I have purchased myself a new shiny toy. I've been feeling that I need a super portable computer. So, after much research I settled on a netbook, I need a something that I can do light computing on, and light enough not to regret lugging it around. The netbooks are pretty good right now, about as powerfull as a Pentium M. I have bought a HP Mini 210 initally on Saturday. ABT matches any price of authorized retailer, and they often enough drop some percentages to boot. They had the base price based ont he fact that they promised a 9h battery life for the computer. However, and this is always happening to me, I've noticed that battery draining rather fast, and when paying closer attention to the box I saw that it indeed possessed a 3-cell lithium ion battery. The standard life for 3-cell is 4 hours max. I called A