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[rejectomorph]

It now remains dark long enough that, by five o'clock, I can see most of Orion poking out from behind the oak trees beyond the back fence. He reclines this time of year, with his bow aimed straight up. It's nice to see him again, if only for a few minutes each night. He's my favorite constellation, and my stellar companion through the long nights of winter. For now, my summer companions are still the crickets. For the last few nights, their song was almost drowned out by the noise of the katydid. Thursday night, I discovered that it was lodged in the bush at the end of the walk. Once I discovered that the obnoxious noise was coming from the bush, I found that I could bring it to a temporary halt by simply shaking a branch. After I did this a few times, the katydid apparently grew weary of the interruptions, and sometime before midnight Friday, it left. I heard it buzzing away in the neighbor's back yard. My yard is once again sufficiently peaceful that I can hear the crickets. I wish I'd discovered that little trick sooner.

I've been getting cramps in my feet recently. I suspect an herbal tea I've been using. This isn't the first time I've had that effect from herbal tea. That's the trouble with anything herbal. Many herbs are medicinally active in one way or another, and just about anyone is likely to be sensitive to at least some of them. I'm not sure which ingredient in the particular tea blend I've been using is likely to be at fault, but I quit using the stuff a couple of days ago and the cramps are gone. Back to the orange pekoe, I guess.

The temperature is going to be getting down into the fifties at night for a while. Happy.

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[waning-estrogen.livejournal.com]

same here. we even have (as of this writing) rain forecast for mon-wed!

question/having made serious error

[marseille.livejournal.com]

I have an older computer, probably as irritating as Sluggo. I've just ditched the dreaded AOL in favor of Juno, and I noticed in the past you had problems with it.
I can get into stuff, I just can't exit from any pages, like this one, because there is no "x". How the heck do you get out without disconnecting from your provider??!! Using "close" from the file list will also disconnect from Juno, right? Do you have to back out of everything? My computer gets all weird when anything is left open inadvertently, so I live in fear of this.
(I tried to run the tutorial, which I hated to do, but it FROZE UP my computer, so that was no good.)

Re: question/having made serious error

[rejectomorph]

Juno's browser is essentially just a skin for Internet Explorer with a few features added, so it ought to work the same way. I've never used AOL, so I have no idea how their browser works, or how it differs from IE. From your description of what is happening, I think you must have enabled a browser setting that opens pages in a new window, and keeps all the old windows open underneath. I'm not that familiar with Juno's built-in browser, though, because I used to open IE on top of it, and just use that, so I can't tell you how to fix the problem. If the problem was with IE, I know that you would be able to open the browser settings file and un-check the box that says "open links in new window" or words to that effect (it's been a long time since I've used that program.) You'll probably have to dig into your Juno browser settings and see how they are set up. If I remember right, changing the Juno browser settings also changes your IE settings.

On those occasions when I still use Juno instead of my local ISP, I now open Opera on top of the Juno browser, since Opera now contains all my most recent bookmarks (and my copy of IE has gone all wonky on me and won't show images.) Even though Opera lacks a few features of IE, I find that I greatly prefer it.

[marseille.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm having a little more success now, but I was quite frustrated at first. I thought ANYTHING would be better than AOL, which was extremely annoying, plus expensive!

[rejectomorph]

The main problem I had with Juno was that they arbitrarily decided to quit accepting e-mail from LJ, so I wasn't getting my notifications. I wrote them an e-mail about it, but never got satisfactory results. That was why I decided to get the serviece from the local company. Juno eventually unblocked the mail from LJ, after about two months, but by then I had decided that I liked Chiconet better, especially since they have a local phone number I can call when there's a problem. As far as Juno's Internet service goes, it's probably as reliable as any other dial-up available, though I find the built-in browser irritating. Given the low price, I'd say it's a good enough deal, but their customer service stinks.