Year of the Cock

Gung Hay Fat Choy! (Or "Hey You, Fat Boy," as I often hear in Chinatown. Or in the Castro. Or at home.) So time to turn the calendar to 4703. As usual, changing that on checks will be the hardest part.

Happy Chinese New Year! Let the year of the cock begin!

EDIT: Great watercolor done by outlaw_jesus.

Wicked SF

So the roadshow of Wicked is coming to San Francisco, August 4th thru September 11th. Haven't yet seen when tickets will become available.

Wireless network connection problems

I use Windows XP with SP2 installed. I installed the new "Feb. 8th Windows updates" last night. Not sure if it was that, but my computer now does not automatically connect to my wireless network when I boot up, or when I "wake" it from sleep. Once connected (sometimes taking up to 40 minutes to do so), it has dropped the connection a few times.

When it starts to finally connect, it gives me the message "acquiring network address." Before that, it shows no IP address. Steve's computer uses the same wireless router. His computer connects just fine.

I restored my system to yesterday before the updates were made, but that didn't fix the problem.

Any ideas?