Weird.

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That toe I told you about?  Yeah, well, it is healed.  I swear it looked like the knuckle was turning, darkening, heading toward black.  I banged it solidly.  That is a very rare occurrence, thankfully, but I guess it was time.  Beside the knuckle, I had somehow terribly ripped the cuticle.  Don't ask, I don't know how that all happened.  Or even, exactly, when.  I was nearly sleep walking, and realized a few seconds after that I had done something not good.  I did bandage it, and have changed that, and take bandages off at night often, to let them breath.  And, after trying to ignore it for the previous day, I decided to put a pillow under that foot and be careful with it.  Today it is as if nothing happened.  The bruising is gone, the pain is gone.  I'm not sure if the cuticle is still sore, though when I take a bath I will explore that.  Strange.  Oh, and I can walk without that odd limp that was becoming more required than not.  Very odd.

Today I am hoping to simply work on the machine, take a shower, and do a bit of cleaning.  There is some chance of working my day around and getting out.  Most likely, however, I will try to find some phone numbers and let some people know some things.  Life is still a bit crazy lately, but it'll do.

I have to admit, the more I work on this machine, the more sure I am that I didn't make a mistake with that first machine.  I am beginning to believe the guy who sold me the parts sold me bad parts.  Between greed and wanting to build the computers himself, he discouraged others.  And, yes, I can see it.  I was, and am, very careful with how power supplies are connected, which cable goes where, and such.  That hasn't changed.  Either that or the parts were bad, and since he liked building, he just used that as an excuse to take over the project.  There isn't much you can get wrong without forcing things.  And I simply don't.  He never did say what was wrong, and I was naive enough to believe him.  I really hate the things people do.

Anyway... I am hoping to do one more check, then attempt a post yet tonight.  If it posts, I will go from there.  A case install of just the main parts, then another attempt to post to make sure everything is right in there, then the remainder of the build... though I need a few things to complete it... a sata III card and a few more sata cords, possibly a few extensions.  When it is in the case I can check more carefully and make a final list of final needs.  Later.