Last night, in reaction to spilled tea, someone tried to dry Jingmei's laptop keyboard by putting a lamp near the keys.
Lets just say it happened.
This morning I spent a few hours on hold with several different IBM call centers trying to track down replacements for the now-melted keys. With suggestions to buy a whole new keyboard or laptop I gave up on that boatload of fools to look elsewhere, which is where you come in. The Purloined Letter Incoming staffers of the Bush White House are apparently victims of a practical joke perpetrated by their predecessors. In some cases the W is marked out, but the most prevalent example is the key being removed. In some cases the W keys have been taped on top of the doorways, which are 12 feet tall.