AND, AGAIN, TODAY...

Meagan is running computer circles around me, lately. She is pointing out both the obvious and the not-so-obvious answers to my computer quandaries. She was the one who advised me that, hey, Adam, to be able to load the cable connection, maybe the ethernet connection needs to be plugged into the modem or something. She didn't add that I was a complete moron when it comes to computers, but...she didn't have to.

And, then, again, today.

We are using a different computer than I have used for the last 2, 3 years and so I am not hip to its ins-and-outs. [Mine is still in the Geek Squad's shop--it's set to come out of the ICU late tomorrow.] Photoshop was not loading and I was starting to get muy frustrated and then Meegie said, "Hey, Adam, try this: go to My Computer and Control Panel and then go to Load New Software." I was "scoff-ful." I'd done this before. I'd loaded it onto my computer and I had done it simply off the CD. This time, though, the route that I had previously taken was not working. So...I did what my baby told me to do and--voila!--the program loaded and I was able to open a picture (it's of C. Canyon and it's viewable to the right) and modify it, somewhat. The only thing I did to that picture? In the original, C. Canyon was wearing a blue, headlight-accentuating tanker. Nothing more was done to alter the snapper of the Canyon lass.

Anyway. All I am trying to do is give Meeg some much-due credit. She has, these last couple of weeks, made me feel like an illiterate computer ass. I think she should do what she's talking about and get a computer degree. I think she has the head for it; I think she's got the knack.

Me? I have the "knack" to put punctuation points in dey proper spots and conjure images in da readers' minds. She? She seems to have the gift of being a Computer Whisperer.

Go forth, Meegie! Sow your binary oats!

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