This is just perfect.  It always happens when I just worked my fingers to the bones typing frantically, right before I could move the big ass mouse to hit the save icon, everything froze.    

I was devastated.  Now, the computer is down.  No email, no spreadsheet, no PowerPoint.  I couldn’t do anything. 

The following picture perfectly illustrates my feelings. 

Then, it dawned on me.  I could learn a foreign language, like Chinese, during the down time.