Okay, so it’s become painfully clear that my laptop is thrashing to the point of uselessness. It needs more RAM. Several weeks ago, I purchased a 512MB stick from an online store, and when it arrived a few days ago I found that it was dead.

That’s right, it was dead. Damn crappy online store and damn crappy RAM. So now I have to go through the hassle of sending it back, buying another stick, and testing it out all over again. And dealing with customer “service,” you’ll note, is not one of my 43 things to do. Grr!

Here’s hoping the next stick I get will actually work, because it’s high-time this laptop stops being so damn slow.