Gary Graham has some things to say about what it means to be an American and be proud, not ashamed, of it. (And a few related issues, like not thinking the world owes you free handouts for anything you want.)
I don't agree with everything he says here. But I think most of it is pretty much on the mark.
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perspicuity pointed me at these cat photos (among others) yesterday and, well ... they cried out in piteous little kitten voices for proper captioning.
So I did...
Two, two, TWO memes in one!
... I got a useful (for some values of useful) response back from Gigabyte finally. I can send my board in for service ... but because it's out of warranty, I'll have to pay $45 up front, plus shipping both directions. That's going to be close to — if not over — $100. I can buy a replacement K8N board for that, and probably see change left over.
So I'm going with the repair plan, and worst case, if it fails I can buy a refurb board that'll at least have 30 days warranty on it and which I'd probably still have sooner than I could get my board back from Gigabyte.