Monday morning, and I'm at work in the Toronto office. This is extremely unusual for me for a Monday, now. This is the first Monday that I haven't been on the road since last March... which is pretty ridiculous.

I had a fun weekend but a tiring one. My new computer arrived last Friday and most of the weekend was spent setting it up and gaming with a few friends. The game of the moment is Counterstrike, which has actually been big for quite a while but is still pretty new for me. If you've got Half-Life, you're all set; the Counterstrike add-on is free at their web site.

Dell did a good job of getting my machine configured, built and shipped. The only mistake they made was sending me the wrong speakers, and when I called them Friday afternoon to point this out they were quick to fix the problem. Purolator had the right ones to my door this morning, so now I am in quadrophonic heaven. Or will be when I get through the speakers' 30 page manual and figure out the remote control... (!?!)

As my friend Dirk commented when I told him about the new machine, this is all clearly more evidence that I need to start dating again.
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