Today’s diary was the best I’ve ever written – funny, honest and heartfelt. Then my computer crashed on me, not once but twice. I didn’t use Word, so there was no backup copy. It’s gone and I’m super pissed. Stupid, stupid, stupid! I was in the diary zone too!

I lost the lottery too! 105 million down the tubes.
Yesterday, I had quite the adventure. I ran across a classified ad for a full-size video game. I practically grew up in an arcade but what am I going to do with a full-size game? This is no time to start making sense — I need that game! I called my friend / Webmaster, Walter, for advice. He said, buy it, if you don’t want it, I’ll take it. So now we’re both in this! The pressure. Sight unseen, I met his asking price. He said, someone’s looking at it around 8. Call back at 8:30 to see if it’s still for sale.

I get off the bus in Hoboken around 8:00. I got off in the middle of Hoboken. I was thinking, I don’t know where he lives; I’ll get off in the middle and split the difference. Around 8:20, I get cold feet and call Walter to talk me out of it. He says, “Go for it!” Thanks, Walter. I swear, we’re two idiots. I call the guy at 8:25 – the machine was sold. Damn.

The game was called Knock Out – a boxing game. I could have been playing my full-sized arcade game in my apartment last night. It wasn’t meant to be. But damn, I wanted that 18 year-old video game! Damn, damn, damn.

My message board is gone. Walter and I are looking for a new board as I write this. Hang in there. The company I was using, stopped their free service and I never got the e-mail. Thanks for the news, Minnie.

OK, I’m going to save this before I have to write it for the forth time. That’s it.

God Bless America.