No, I’m not having memory issues (well, maybe sometimes) but my computer has been, I think. When I purchased this computer a couple years ago, I had some advice from a computer whiz and I thought I was making the right choice as far as memory went, but now I’m starting to wonder as my computer has issues if I try to do too many things at once and it is very frustrating to an impatient person such as myself. I am wondering if it might be time for a memory upgrade. The boy took the memory out of his computer and put it into mine and I don’t seem to be having the issues and error messages that I was getting before and I am quite enjoying it. I don’t know what I’m going to do when he decides he wants to use his computer again, I may have to cry…or I may have to break down and buy more memory. …sigh.

Being a Canadian, and someone who likes their music, I was very surprised and bothered by the recent arrest of Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page for possession of cocaine. I guess in some way I shouldn’t be shocked, as drugs run rampant in the music business and in ‘Hollywood’ in general and you just never know who will be caught next. It makes me wonder how long he’s been doing cocaine, or if it’s a newfound obsession. I find it quite sad as I’ve always viewed The Barenaked Ladies as a ‘wholesome’ band with good, sometimes quirky, but always original, music and thought they had themselves a ‘niche’ there where they didn’t need to be drunk or on drugs to have a good time or put on a good show or just to be ‘known’. Even more unfortunate is that he has 3 kids and he could face up to 15 years in jail if convicted. Of course, he is going to fight the charges and his manager stated it will be business as usual for the band. Who knows, I guess time will tell, but I wish he could have been innocent and, since I hadn’t heard much about the band lately, that the news about him could have been bland, like, he likes to buy diet pills online or something mundane like that. Unfortunately, it just isn’t so…

It is kind of funny when you think about it, how the ‘fads’ come and go, what it hot today or making headlines won’t be a week or two from now. Take diet pills for instance, there was a time where you couldn’t turn on the TV or flip open a magazine without seeing ads for the next wonder drug. And yet, when I sit here and think, I can not recall the last time I saw an ad for these pills. I know they are still out there, but it is like many things, they seemed to be all the rage for a while there, but now they are kind of sitting on the backburner, so to speak. I do wonder though, do they really work or even help a little? There are so many different kinds available it is mindboggling!!

I used to get solicitations from credit card companies in the mail on a pretty much weekly, sometimes it felt like daily, basis. These were quickly filed in the garbage bin right underneath the mailbox. Many of the offers were for cards that offered balance transfers, that is, you would get a great interest rate if you transferred the balance of another credit card onto the new one they were offering you. Not that this is a bad idea, but it’s something I never tried as I go by the old adage, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I must say though, since I moved I’ve not received a single one of these fantastic offers and I certainly can not say that I miss them, at all. Although, I feel a tidge bad for the person who moved into the apartment after I moved out as I’m sure they are now the lucky recipient of all my ‘lovely’ mail and I don’t doubt for a second that they do the same thing with it that I did..at least I hope they do that and not apply for the cards in my name or I could be in a whole world of trouble..hmm…