I recall why I swore off building my own machines... (this is what I get for wanting new kit)

[feren]

... and said I'd only buy a premanufactured one from a major retailer. I'll put it this way, folks: I spent all day yesterday (about 20 hours) building the system, only to find I had to spend another $610 ($399 + $179 + Uncle Sam's cut of the take) to make the system run. Granted, almost all of that will be refunded when the defective/inadequate parts are sent back under RMA, but that doesn't make my wallet feel any better.

What makes it feel worse is that after spending another 10 hours on it today, it still. Doesn't. Run. Reliably.

I have given a name to my pains, and it is Integrator's Lament. Right now I believe I have a terminal case of it.

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[feren.livejournal.com]

You know, when you quoted it, I could see exactly why you'd think that. I even thought that's what I typed when I read it and since I wrote it I should know better.

Apparently a lot of guys do that whole naming-of-the-penis thing. I'm not sure if it's an actual requirement of being male (I don't see anything in the Big Handbook of Being A Man to indicate there's a loss of membership if I don't do it) but I can't say I've ever actually participated in naming my equipment. I've had it named for me, but that's sort of a different exercise.

[feren.livejournal.com]

I also sort of like the idea of naming my penis "Integrator's Lament."

[mindslide.livejournal.com]

I've never actually been intimate with someone who named their penis.

I never want to. >_< How much of an egomaniac does one have to be to name their junk?

[angelwind.livejournal.com]

Apparently a lot of guys do that whole naming-of-the-penis thing.

I call the big one Bitey.

Not Quite 'The Lion King'

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of this...

http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20040121.html