I went to bed last night with a fully functional keyboard.  I woke up this morning to a keyboard that would not respond to any amount of poking, prodding or banging.  I was pretty certain I didn't unplug it in my sleep, but I didn't want to be 'that guy'-- you know; the one who just doesn't even check.  So I verified that it was, in fact, plugged in.  I even unplugged it and plugged it back in (because that's how I fix most things).  At that point, I couldn't even get the little green lights next to 'Num Lock' and 'Caps Lock' to come on.  So I'm reasonably certain the keyboard is fried.  I came to this conclusion based largely on the fact that I am far more prepared to replace a keyboard than the computer itself.  I am basically trying to use my Jedi powers to will the problem to be confined to the keyboard.  Of course, if I truly had Jedi powers, I would probably just will the problem to be solved.  Then I wouldn't be sitting here right now struggling with my On-Screen Keyboard.  Man, I really wish this sucker was equipped with T9 or something.  Not that having T9 would help me because I can't really text and only recently learned what T9 even is.  Have you ever used your On-Screen Keyboard?  It's really hard!  Especially with my abnormal attachment to spelling, punctuation and grammar.  I don't even want to tell you how long this is taking me to write!  Seriously, though: try it.  Feel free to use the comments section to practice and tell me if you think it's hard.

CL