It is truly astonishing how much of my entertainment and how many of my passtimes rely on Internet connectivity. Really. And that is, of course, driven home when it goes down. Like it was all morning (except for a tantalizing connection for a half-hour at about 5:30a).<\/p>\n
It’s not just City of Heroes, of course, that being down and out blocks. <\/p>\n
“Well, since CoH is down, I’ll just check up on my blog and … rats. Okay, e-mail … rats. Well, I can catch up on unread e-mail, hey, look at that, a link someone sent me to an interesting … rats. Dagnabbit, okay, I’ll do my blacklist checking and … rats. Firefox updates … rats. Blog maintenance … rats. Hey, I wanted to pick up a copy of that book for Katherine … rats. Update my CoH character biographies … rats. Oh, gotta do my comic book orders … rats. Quotation research … rats. Pay some bills … rats. Look and see if I can buy ginger Altoids online … rats. Look up directions to … rats. Catch up on my comics … rats. Check my office e-mail … rats. Go to … research … look up … play … browse …<\/em><\/p>\n “Well, screw this, I’m going to replace that damned cable modem. 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