“The Exorcist,” Warner Brothers, 1973. In the final sequence we see:
It is the middle of a terrifying, exhausting night. The young priest re-enters little Regan’s bedroom. Regan is curled up, an evil smile on her twisted face. She gazes malevolently at the corpse of the old priest, who lies on the bed, an expression of horror on his dead face.
We now move to the Oldman’s house, where, metaphorically, the same scene is replayed on the night of December 30, 2004.
Again, it is the middle of a terrifying, exhausting night.
Little Regan is the Compaq Evo 500. Her vicious grin is the same.
The old priest is the Oldman. His expression of horror is the same.
There is no young priest.
Evil has triumphed over good.
When I dropped the shorting pin into the depths of the computer, I finally realized that it was time to throw in the towel. The next day I bought a new computer, which - so far - works great.
I am a wuss. But I have not yet accepted that I am a quitter. Regan sits in the corner, still grinning that malicious grin. When I have recovered my sanity, I will go back over and either drive out the devil, or beat the snot out of her.
Thank you all for your input. I am saving it. I will try it out.
Someday. Someday soon.
- oldman
