Some things that have been annoying me in the past day -

• A’s MP3 player, which we bought in early April, has apparently died. It gives an error about the hard disk and refuses to start. When I plug it into the computer, XP knows it’s found a new disk drive but then doesn’t display it as a removable drive. It turns out that the PDP-602, also known as the GoDot M7170, is a piece of crap. I spent close to an hour trying to fix it to no avail, so tomorrow I’m going to contact the manufacturer to see about a replacement.
• It turns out that RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, which I received yesterday, has a majorly steep learning curve. It might as well be a completely different game from RCT2. It’s fun but challenging.
• People at work need to stop asking me about the goddamn office printer and fax machine. Yes, I know they’re in my cube, but you don’t need to ask my permission to use them. Yes, I know you have to step into my personal space - within about a foot and a half from me - to use the fax machine, but that doesn’t mean I want to talk to you. No, I don’t know why your fax didn’t go through, and I don’t care that you’re using up all “my” paper.
• I tried to install WebCalNG at least twice and I can’t get it to work. Of course I am getting the super-enigmatic 500 error, so I have no idea what’s wrong. This is especially annoying because WebCalNG seems to do exactly what I’m looking for in a web calendar.
• I am too weak to say no to people who come to the door selling things, and now I have a one-year subscription to Games magazine. I only paid $5 over the Amazon.com price for the subscription, and I guess it’s nice to be charitable, and I do like that magazine - but I didn’t need the subscription!

And so ends the bullet-pointed whining.