Daniel J. Hogan's Blog

I'm on my balcony using my iBook with my wifi and loving every second of it. I can be outside AND waste time on the internet, how great is that? The only thing that could make this better was if I had some Oberon. Mmmm.

I picked up the Hellboy Companion today , as well as the last three issues of Scud: The Disposable Assassin. I was instructed by friends not to read the rest of Scud until I pick up the huge omibus collection that comes out this fall. They said not only would I have no idea what is going on, but that it wouldn't be the same without reading everything else first. Fair enough.

The Hellboy Companion is pretty neat, and something I certainly needed to help fill in a few gaps in my knowledge of Hellboy canon. I'd recommend it for any fan.

I had the great fortune of going to Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals in Detroit on Saturday. I took pictures, I'll try to get those up soon. I was surrounded by Penguin fans in my section. It was a great time though, I had a blast. The Joe was LOUD.

Friday at work my iBook's battery took a turn for the worst and would not charge at all. I'd plug 'er in and the charge time counter just kept increasing and increasing. Not good. I started to panic, because iBook batteries ain't cheap: $120 brand new.

Thankfully, someone reminded me to check and see if I was still under my Apple Care plan. Sure enough, I was. I called Apple Care and they had me check the number of cycles on my battery (like the millage on your car), and my number was rather low (149) so they said I could get a new one for free. The only Mac service place in Lansing wasn't open on the weekend, so I drove out to the Apple Store at the Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids. I called them first to make sure they actually had a battery, which they did, and set up an appointment at their Genius Bar.

The Apple Store crew were great, I was helped quickly and they got my new battery in no time. They even replaced on of the little 'feet' on the bottom of my iBook that had fallen off.

the only bad part about this weekend is that my nasty cold came back, with a vengeance. It got so bad that yesterday, Sunday, I went to an urgent care place. I had a temp of 102 and was given a script of antibiotics once again. I just went through all of this nonsense last month, I don't get how I got sick again so soon. Was up late last night with an ice pack on my head trying to bring my temp down so I could actually sleep, not fun. I called in sick for work today, which was a good idea because I still had a temp of over 100 when I woke up this morning. Hopefully I'll be ready to go back tomorrow.