Without an "H" Life is _ell
Hello Dear Ricos,
I'm back. Not that I expect you to have noticed my absence. For the better part of last week I was a technological shut-in. My keyboard lost it's "H". I was intellectually and topographically hobbled. I couldn't Google "heros of the House of Representatives," even if there were any (Rob!) I couldn't Mapquest addresses in "Hawthorne" or "Hermosa Beach." Crueler still was the address was on Herondo Street.
Articles of speech (the, that, when, what, where) were one letter outside my grasp. Pronouns (he, she, her) an impossibility. Such an under-appreciated letter, until routine emails turn into this: "...Wally would love to attend your party. Wally needs to be back by 9. Can you tell me location of said party and I will pick Wally up." I thank providence that not one of our given, or surnames have an "h" in them or our isolation would have been total.
But matters turned serious. My _usband couldn't access his work email from home because his password has an "h" and planning an upcoming bat mitzvah became hazardous when we couldn't type in "chocolate favors."
Now I hear you all saying...doesn't she have other computers? Wireless? Blackberry? Yes, yes and yes. And I used those, but my history and passwords were all stored on the H-less Mac. Why didn't I run out right away and get a new keyboard? My daughter came down with a virus. Thankfully when you Google "wooping cough" the correct spelling, "whooping," pops up. She didn't have it.
So this 4th of July I will spend tearing up with patriotism and thankfulness. Not just for this great country, but because I got my "H" back and I am once again in touch with _umanity. No man is an island...until you lose an "h."
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Jun '10
Re: Without an "H" Life is _ell
Better the letter "H" than Drive H. Consider it a blessing. Just enough inconvenience to remind you that things wear out. :)
May '10
Re: Without an "H" Life is _ell
As a Mac user, I actually had to Google "Drive H" to figure out its meaning. It was a relief to see that it wasn't a peril of middle age -- "Doctor, I'm just not feeling as much Drive H anymore" -- or perhaps a donut-shaped car cushion marketed by the Preparation H people.
Whew.
Of course, that brings us right back to one of Ricochet's third rail issues: Mac vs. PC.
May '10
Re: Without an "H" Life is _ell
Denise: Just read your bio and saw you wrote for Wonder Years. Great show. At college, my buddies and I had a running gag where we'd do a Wonder-Years-narrator schtick. After this or that incident, one of us would say, "It was at that moment that I realized..." Seems like yesterday. Funny question: Was the biggest challenge as a writer coming up with original phrasing for the narrator to deliver that line?
May '10
Re: Without an "H" Life is _ell
Leopard (10.5) and eralier)
Go to the System Preferences panel
Select the “International” icon
Go to the “Input Menu” tab
Select the “Keyboard Viewer”
You now should have an American flag in your menu bar. Click on the American flag and select “Show Keyboard Viewer”
Snow Leopard (10.6) and later
* Go to System Preferences>Keyboard
* Click the box “Show Keyboard & Character Viewer in menu bar”
* Go to the menu bar at top right and click “Show Keyboard Viewer”
May '10
Re: Without an "H" Life is _ell
You may not want to know this, but In Japanese slang "H" refers sexual intercourse.
Re: Without an "H" Life is _ell
Thank you to David for the help, but I already have my new keyboard and to Scott, funny game! Actually the writers on the show hated how much the narration was used and tried to use it only when funny or truly illuminating. However the exec producer always stuck more in, usually to cover story jumps made in editing...at least that's what our better nature allowed him. And to outstripp...I dunno, "Go H yourself" just doesn't work for me.