Every Cloud has a Silver Lining. I've had a terrible couple of months regarding technology, I broke my Kindle (crawling on the floor, chasing Mitten! http://english-with-craig.co.uk/blog/?p=2543), my expensive camera broke (through no fault of my own), and now my laptop is broken too ("I plead the 5th"). I'm wondering though - or rather: "trying to console myself with" - the notion that "these things happen for a reason". (Something good will come out of it, "every cloud has a silver lining"). After I broke my Kindle, I learnt how to repair it, sold it to my brother and was bought a more modern version (Paperwhite). I had my camera repaired under warranty for free, so it hopefully should last another year. My laptop screen had some dead pixels and if it's repaired now (under warranty) it'll - again - last longer into the future. So I need to send off my broken yet beloved laptop, I can't believe that it's not working; and hopefully within 2 weeks I'll have everything back again. What's left to break? Just my bones.