I had to call in the “Geek Squad” yesterday because my whole computer network was FUBAR. All you former military folks will know what that is. The geek arrived about 2 in the afternoon, and and left about six hours later.

He just had a big payday, and extra money to spend on things like beverages.

Good thing my computer was diagnosed for threats, because it became a home for about 79 viruses!

The alarming part is that my computer had been sending spam because of a dangerous program. You must have been thinking that my computer hasn’t been protected against such threats. No, I was fairly confident that it was protected. In fact, I even spent hundreds of dollars just to keep it in good shape.

The geek told me all kinds of things that these rat bastards do to get control of your system, and he said that for many of the things they do there isn’t any software to combat it yet. He recommended regular maintenance by a guy like him. I took him up on it.

I would agree that the geek was really good and well-versed in his field. He made diagnoses of my computer system, and eventually made the right configurations to make it better. After he made a few tweaks on my computer, I was really amazed at how the computer processed faster than it was ever capable of processing before.

Hence the extra jack for the malt beverages.

He deserved it.

By the way, last night’s news update had shown a picture of a man who was said to have been going around Northern Virginia to kidnap little girls. It was even mentioned that he was seen at least once near bus stops and other areas where kids would usually go.

If you are equipped with tools such as stun guns, pepper sprays, or any other tool for that matter, it would be better if you’d use them against scum like the kidnapper mentioned in the news reports. Bring them down as soon as you have the chance, since these kinds of people don’t deserve to be spared by understanding and sympathy. I had seen the same scenario in my neighborhood before, but then, my daughter was properly trained for these kinds of circumstances. She recognized the danger, which then prompted her to get away.

I missed catching the jerk by a few seconds, and I can tell you if I had, that the batteries in the The Runt would have to had gone dead before he had had enough voltage in him as far as I’m concerned.

Okay. I’m venting a little here as this subject really gets me riled up. Like the head of the Children’s Museum being involved in child porn. That followed a middle school principal involved in the same thing. I’m going to have to take the electric bleachers out of storage for another BBQ.