Drat and Double Drat

It doesn't only happen to me. I did a long post on recent political and diplomatic news links recently and as I got done Windows froze. This freeze problem is psychologically worse than other zappings - you see what you typed, at least the tail end of it, but there is nothing you can do with it. The cursor moved which was a little unusual but no buttons, no keys, no alt keys, no screen saves, nothing worked. The image is just preserved there until finally you have to turn off the PC after waiting enough minutes to see if there is some unknown large task that might get done or some other miracle happens. It never does.

James Wolcott: Drat!