The clouds part, rays from heaven shine down as an angelic choir sings…

•End of support for Windows 98 and Windows Me
Effective July 11, 2006, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me (and their related components) will transition to a non-supported status. After this date, Microsoft will no longer provide any incident support options or security updates. Microsoft is not offering a custom support agreement for these products.

Things’re looking up

Something that hasn’t been going well for a very long time looks like it has the potential for improving suddenly.  The “thing” itself won’t improve, but it seems I am slowly developing the potential for casting said thing out of my life.  Wow.