"A Series of Unfortunate Events"

 Not car troubles this time, not broken car key, damaged ignition system, lost lug nuts, dead battery, or flat tire. They're all in the past. 

But several quirky incidents  happened inside my house, all within a few days of each other:  (1) My computer totally malfunctioned on Sept. 29. The mouse could move to the selected site, but with no result. Of course my first thought was to replace the batteries in the mouse. I did so twice, with new batteries recently purchased. Nothing happened. I turned the system off, but the screen opened briefly, then faded, first to black, and later to gray, white, and shades of violet. I checked all the plugs, and tried again. Various messages appeared, "Chrome is not responding,"  "Oh, snap, something went wrong," and others. No advice offered,  human or artificial, had any effect, so I gave up and went to bed. But at 3 a.m., when Spelling Bee opens for the day, I as usual went to the computer and all seemed back to normal. Hallelujah! A miracle.  

Yesterday, I had difficulty turning on the television  in the living room. After several futile attempts, I rebooted the TV and was happy to see a picture on the screen. Success! But short-lived. Only Channel 2 would appear, with no way to change the channels or adjust the volume control. So back to the pack of batteries and the changing of the remote. No effect at all, tried 2 new sets of batteries. I must confess I can not find the manual buttons on the set itself, though I  searched in vain.  I gave up and resorted to the small TV in the bedroom. Several hours later, I tried the main set in the living room, and all was as usual. 

   Except for changing the batteries, which had no effect, nothing else was done to solve either issue, with no apparent reason for the malfunctions, and no explanation for the restoration of services.  Eerie.