Silent on Matters Political and Audible

* Today was the Virginia primary. I didn't vote.

Granted, one individual's vote really doesn't matter (civics propaganda be damned), but still.

* My laptop wasn't playing sounds. This was more than annoying -- I needed to listen to an audio blog entry.

After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I remembered that the laptop has a hardware mute button, in addition to the software controls.