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Why do we remember bad so good?

I understand. Let’s not forget the bad experiences so that we don’t repeat them. Amy this morning explained that the boo boo on her leg came from when she fell off "your stage" (the one I juggled on in May). She has also been talking about Lucy biting her eye. I hope she cherishes the good moments as much as she ponders these more tramatic incidents.

Amy is in a great mood this morning. She’s been participating with the television shows answering their prompts and singing loudly.

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So, is blogging bad?

Many times I’ve visited the concept of "airing dirty laundry" and pondered how appalled my grandparents would be knowing I have not kept our stories in the family and been so casual in my publishings to the world. I wonder if the blog had something to do with the job rejection I recently received.

So we’ve been brazen and as an outlet, document trail, journal, for others to learn, and just for fun, we publish our trials and tribulations with Aspergers Syndrome. The ever positive people of alt.support.childfree have labeled us as bad parents and beggers and hinted that we are scammers. The attitudes depicted in their dialog are rather common amongst the more naive when first confronted with a special needs child. None-the-less, their discussion is exactly the sort of outlandishness that makes me question the sanity or rationale behind this blog or Tommy’s blog.

I need only return to the comments we have received which have expressed thanks for the blog, shared common ground, provided insight and suggestions, or otherwise built a bond to remind me that there are more positive good people in the world than the occasional bad apple.

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That server is going to take off!

So I’ve begun the installation of Windows 2003 on a Compaq ProLiant DL590/64. First off, just turning the machine on makes my office sound like the tarmack of the airport. This thing has enough high speed fans that it could have cooled the house when the a/c went out. Then this happens:

“Load of Auxiliary Floating Point Driver failed: Unsupported”
– press any key to continue –

Deterred? Not at all. Challenged!