Starting Again Somewhere

So, I wanted to write last night, but my power kept going out. Specifically, the main circuit breaker on my house kept going out, and this only happens when I'm running the dryer. I thought this problem would go away after I had someone out to look at it and he told me that the dryer didn't have a circuit breaker, so it could only trip the main switch. Pay the guy to install a circuit breaker for the dryer and we think everything's solved.

Flash forward to last night. Got sucked into watching 24, and right before the end... power goes out. Go downstairs, reset everything. Mental note that I'm going to have to get someone else to look at this. Back upstairs briefly. I thought I had it licked, and tried to do some dishes. Nope.

I turned off whatever light switches I could find. I unplugged Christmas lights, computer equipment, whatever. I turned off the furnace. I went back downstairs. I swore. Repeatedly. Then I thought I'd just wait in the basement until the laundry was done.

Am I stubborn enough to sit in the dark and wait for my clothes to dry? Almost.

I thought better and managed to get a couple more things done with just about everything in the house shut off. Somehow, it got through with the cycle. Not exactly conducive to writing, but makes for a story at least.

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And here are some links that I've been accumulating--
Get ready to breakdance fight
Graphic designer asks 'What if' for his past & future
Online High School Simulation Game
The difference between writing & typing
The Secret Friend Society [beautiful webcomic]
New Beck Video - Hell Yess! [WM link at bottom]

And something that seems to be a trend, claiming copyrights on public art/landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Cloud Gate [aka The Bean] sculpture in Millennium Park, Chicago. [Why yes, I did get these via boingboing, thank you very much.]

Finally -- McSweeneys has been hilarious lately. I recommend Reading-Too-Much-Into-Things Comprehension

Comments

[Max]

Geez Ben. That sucks. Or blows. Whichever.

I hate when you think a problem is taken care of, and then you find out it isn't. That just sends me into insta-rage. You handled it much better than I would have.

On a lighter note, isn't Secret Friend Society awesome?!

[ben]

Oh, there was plenty of raging. I should have underlined and repeated the swearing part. And then underlined it again.

And yes, Secret Friend Society is wonderfully charming. Kind of a nice, gentle break after most of the stories I take in.

[Holtmann]

I think it's time we got your house SUPERCHARGED.

I think the Secret Friends Society is surreptitiously significant.

I think I'm going to get wedding pictures in front of "Cloud Gate" no matter what.

I think I'm going to spend most of the next week quoting "Hell Yess!" by saying, "Please enjoy."