![]() I’m
getting too old for this… ![]() Commentary
by Cherie Jung
And
so is my computer, or I should say, so are my
computers. I’ve
an old XP that contains most of our morgue
files – those coded in the old .htm format (which isn’t fully
compatible with the
newer .html coding format) and another old computer rebuilt last year
when it
crashed that is still limping along with Windows 7. And there’s another
CPU at
the far end of the queue that hasn’t been willing to turn on reliably
in quite
some time. If I remember correctly, it is also running on the Windows
XP
format. But who knows?!? There’s
not much I can do about my age and declining
health but I dare say it’s time to upgrade our computers and increase
our line
speed. (When I had trouble recently with the dial-up phone line we use
for the
website, the service rep remarked she didn’t even know that computers
could go
as slow as 50.6 Kbps. I assured her they could and that they can even
go as
slowly as 28.8 Kbps but practically nothing will load at that speed.) So
over the next couple of months we plan to upgrade
our computers and such. I’m going to have to convince Sparkle – he
hates that
name, by the way – the last of the feral cats living in our computer
room to
allow the DSL installer to work in the room unmolested. It’s
a long story…Suffice it to say, Sparkle has an
attitude and after 18 years, considers the computer room his
room. The other cats in our household have to get permission
from him to even enter. Sometimes, I do too. And
now something more related to mystery and crime
fiction… Last
summer several readers complained that there
were too many cozies being published and promoted. This spring I was
hearing a
similar complaint only readers were complaining about too many
thrillers. Publishing
trends vary but since I read a wide variety of mystery and crime books
– both
for review and by personal choice, I can’t say I’m bothered by those
trends. I
can always find something I want to read. However, if you have a
particular
fondness for only one type of mystery – let’s
say historical – does it become
too frustrating or annoying if the trend is more towards legal
thrillers or
psychological suspense? Or can you find enough historical mysteries to
keep
your reading list full? Any
thoughts on the matter? cj Copyright © 2019 Over My Dead Body! All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Over My Dead Body! is prohibited. OMDB! and OMDB! logos are trademarks of Over My Dead Body!
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