Reflections on Video

There must be something wrong with my equipment. After multiple takes, all of which cut the video nearly in half when I published them, the YouTube "recognizing microphone" clock will not stop spinning when I attempt retakes. Consequently, I haven't been able to record additional takes.

It's puzzling. I shut down the computer and restarted; plugged in a power source; added an external microphone and made the proper adjustments in the YouTube microphone window and in my computer's system preferences, but the clock will not stop spinning. So I'm a bit flummoxed by it all.

Therein lies a lesson: whenever I feel as if I have gained supreme mastery over the computer and it's various tools, the computer kicks me in the ass and brings me back to reality.