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June 04, 2008
Woe Betide Thee, Molly Whuppie
When our daughter was little -- I mean, teeny tiny -- her absolute favorite book was Molly Whuppie, lushly illustrated by Errol Le Cain. Quinn is now in possession of the book, but I remember the angular, pointed qualities of Molly and her sisters and the round ferociousness of the giant. This retelling by Walter de la Mare, was long, very long for a 3 year old to listen to every night. But every night, our little princess begged for "Molly Whuppie." And so Neil and I would take turns, never forgetting to read with gusto the giant's threat, "Woe betide thee, Molly Whuppie, if ye ere come back again." That book became so enmeshed in our family culture, we even adopted a family saying, to be used when someone had finished a task: "That's one thing done and done well, Molly Whuppie."
But back to the "Woe betide thee" part. The giant called out his warning to Molly, but on Saturday morning, my computer hard drive called out no warning to me. Not even one little gasp to let me know it had giga-ed its last byte. Four days and multiple headaches later, I finally have email up and running, though my darling new MacBook just can't seem to see my printer. Sigh.
The one stress I do not have in all this is the stress of having lost precious files. And that's because my accountant, type-A (and adorable) husband insisted I purchase an external hard drive some months ago. All I have to do is click and drag and those umpteen revisions of the latest novel are tucked safely in their new folder.
So, woe betide thee if you have not yet installed an external hard drive.
If you already have one in place (or some other recovery system in place), pretend I am patting you on the back saying, "That's one thing done and done well, Molly Whuppie."
Posted by kirby at June 4, 2008 02:45 PM