Why Can't Windows Shut Down Promptly?

Not only does it sometimes take seemingly forever for them to boot, but it can take several minutes for one to shut down. Even worse, if a program stops responding, you may or may not be able to shut it down. And even if it does terminate, it may take awhile.

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sleeping the rest of Sunday and Monday until 7:30 am to catch up on his sleep deficit

Blogged and did laundry Saturday, when I should have been snoring in the bedroom.

Deciding whether to sleep all weekend, from now through early Monday morning. Looks as if i will.

Celebrating the annual 'Great American Meatout' - kicking the meat habit - far out of history

Meetings & 2009 EIGHR all day; recovering from 'a bug' - probably hundreds of millions of such bugs!

Stuffed noise cleared with salty water; dry throat assuaged with cold filtered water, I go to sleep.

"I never get sick", but I dragged through my last 2 of 8 hours today; I may have the flu.

Preparing student acceptances for June 8-12 2009 HSPH Ethical Issues in Global Health Research event

Struggling to get home to watch (a) 24 and (b) House; or is it (a) House and (b) 24?

Accepting students (who paid) into the 2009 EIGHR course: http://www.HSPH.Harvard.edu/bioethics/

Looking for thoughtful, articulate, kind, principled vegetarians to write celebrative songs about the joy of living by vegan values!

Looking for thoughtful, articulate, kind, principled vegetarians to write celebrative songs about the joy of living by vegan values!

Preparing 2009 EIGHR acceptances for June 8-12 after attending Sat AM session of 2009 National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference @Harvard

Preparing for National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference at Harvard Friday/Saturday, then 2009 EIGHR student acceptances for June 8-12.

Preparing for public ethics workshop Thur 1-5 pm;Natl Undergrad Bioethics Conf @Harvard Fri/Saturday

VejNaturals Wed PM; Natl Undergrad Bioethics Conf @Harvard Fri/Sat;public ethics wrkshp Thurs 1-5 pm

Preparing for National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference @Harvard Friday/Saturday &public ethics workshop for Thursday afternoon

Psyched about meeting Paul Krugman (Nobel Prize, Economics) at HMS this afternoon.

Psyched about HOUSE at 8 pm and 24 at 9 pm tonight; then because I'm zonked, I'll go to sleep early.