Ghost in the Mail
I mailed my movies back to Netflix last Saturday, and just got movies from them today. And out of 3 possible movies in my mailbox, I only got 2. If you make me wait for 7 days, at least send me all fucking 3. In most states, I could get a gun faster than this.

Ghost in the Machine
When windows won’t install a package because it says it’s already installed, things are bad.

If you have to hack both the files and registry entries out manually only to find that Windows still thinks the product is installed, things are worse.

When you get to the point where you have to use MSIEXEC from the command line, forcing its output to a log file (msiexec /i [package] /l [logname]) just so you can figure out what fucking GUID is making a fool of you, things are going poorly enough to make even a seasoned sysadmin unhappy.

If you happen to come across the GUID hours later, and are forced to resort to using Mircrosoft’s MSIZap to locate a bunch of hidden reg keys that you’ve missed, your lack of beard to pull on while you think will drive you nearly bat shit crazy. You may even begin to do push ups between the reboots.

When you finally finish it all, you will have an immense feeling of satisfaction for a solid five minutes until you realize that you just spent 4 hours troubleshooting a single installation, when a reinstall of the entire system might’ve set you back 2.

I smell like frustration with fudge and nuts.

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