{"id":10422,"date":"2011-05-22T17:27:04","date_gmt":"2011-05-22T23:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=10422"},"modified":"2016-05-02T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T20:57:33","slug":"an-intimate-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=10422","title":{"rendered":"An Intimate Relationship?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beltane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Last Frost Moon<\/p>\n<p>I spent the morning convincing my computer that the new laserjet printer I purchased exists, could be a good friend, one with whom we might enter a long term relationship.\u00a0 Boy, was that a hard sell.\u00a0 Something about the printer being made before Windows 7 and the run as command.\u00a0 After beating about a bit, I finally got a software package (downloaded from HP) that my computer would admit into its intimate confines.<\/p>\n<p>Then.\u00a0 I stepped in and attempted to attach the USB cable to a printer not turned on.\u00a0 Didn&#8217;t work. 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