PoppaGator, you're close. The hint specified the inclusion of "And". Anyway, since I screwed it up and all, I decided to open up a new email account (as well as keeping the old one) that uses the "incorrect" address. Just what I needed - another damned password to remember!

A small portion of all that is yet to be written of Carmen's paper has just been sent to her editor. Thus, her work is momentarily on hold until that comes back. This is the only reason I have been able to be on the computer as much as I have.

I'm going to contact the Geek Squad to see if there is any hope for my laptop. I fully expect them to pronounce it dead, though.