Dead Laptop, Podcast Delays, and Borders Closeout Sale

I regret to inform you that my laptop crapped out on me last night. My battery has been unable to hold a charge for longer than 30 minutes for months now. I should have done something when this first happened, but I didn't care that much because it worked fine as long as I kept it plugged in. All was fine and dandy until my charger broke last night. I brought it to Best Buy to have it replaced but they told me I had to call "the hotline" to have the parts ordered because they don't keep them in stock. Although it sucks not having a laptop, I still have my desktop to keep my busy. Unfortunatly, the podcasts that I was planning to release this week and the next are trapped on my laptop. I will release them as soon as I get a new battery/charger, but until then I have nothing. I'll try to record something as soon as I can, but I'm not making promises on exact dates.

In the meantime, Borders is going out of business. While this is a sad thing to report there is still some good in the news. Great deals on manga (and other books too). I can't speak for every Borders, but the one I went to last night had all manga marked 50% off. I picked up a volume of 20th Century Boys as well as the second Haruhi novel and the first Wicked City novel for less than 20 dollars. I know a lot of you kids love your scanlations, but light novel translations are a lot harder to come by. I can't confirm this date, but the clerk said that she thinks the store will be closed for good by the end of the month.

UPDATE: I just did a quick Google search and found no evidence that ALL stores are closing down. There was no doubt that the store I went to was shutting down, but that was just one store in a crappy mall. I do know that the company has been having financial problems for some time now, so they might just be cutting back on the less profitable stores.