Stymied Again

It's Monday morning, and I am thinking about how I was once again stymied by technology . . .
I attempted to post my blog late last night when the house was quiet and everyone was already fast asleep. No problem, I thought. I had read through the instructions at an earlier time and everything seemed crystal clear. BOY WAS I WRONG.

Let's see, it was enable html, click on the link and add your URL; that seemed simple enough right? Well, when I went through those steps the box didn't come up to allow me to post the URL. Maybe I was going in to the assignment at the wrong spot, Sharon tried to help and suggested I try my link through the calendar. She was the voice of reason and calmness in my ever escalating mindset. I attempted that---still no box.

I read and re-read the instructions. There must be some little nuance that I was doing wrong. I closely examined every little diagram and word in the instructions---I wrote down crib notes because perhaps my brain cells were dying more rapidly than I had imagined.

I tried again and again. No response. I gave my computer a tongue lashing, albeit a whispered one because everyone was sleeping!! What was it's problem?? Didn't it recognize the fact that I WAS doing the instructions right?? My machine was "mum", totally unresponsive---it seemed completely unconcerned with my conundrum. If only it would utter some response, it would give me a reasonable excuse for kicking it, but nothing!

Then suddenly the synapses started sparking in my brain (who knew it worked on Sunday nights?)and I had an ah-ha moment! Somehow, one of the popup blockers had become engaged on my machine, but I had sudddenly realized the problem and it had been thwarted!!

Once again another evil plot by the tiny demons that set up stumbling blocks on my machine in the middle of the night while I am fast asleep had been foiled!! I beamed with wicked satisfaction and shut the machine down for some shuteye.

But as I pulled the blankets up around my neck and peered into the darkness of the bedroom, the thought, however, did enter my mind---perhaps I HAVE been reading a little too much science fiction.