9/9/97 - The Filament of Comfort...

     "What the Hell was that?" most Austin folks
     were saying earlier today.  Some blitzkrieg
     of a rainstorm hit Austin for maybe ten
     minutes.  Knocked power out for three
     streets.  Oh sure, we got our power back,
     a few hours later, after we actually went
     OUT to get some errands done.  Bleah.
     Divine intervention to get us to do our
     work.

     No, what was weird was that half our
     apartment had electricity and the other
     half didn't.  Some flunkie electrical
     engineer from Texas A&M must've zoned our
     place.

     Guess which of the power outlets in my
     room went out?  Yep.  The one my computer
     was connected to.  No damage to the computer,
     luckily. <pats his surge protector>

     Furthermore, that leak we have in the kitchen
     is water condensing and falling down onto the
     counter.  So we needed to keep the air
     conditioner off so the condensation could
     evaporate and the leak could be sealed.

     Have you ever been in Texas heat?  When that
     sun goes down, it does NOT get cooler.  Okay?
     Just understand that.  I'm sweating right now.
     Windows open, fan on, etc. etc. (yeah yeah,
     Ben's really roughing it, ain't he?)

     We're very dependent on all our utilities.  I
     admit it.  I need to have an Internet link.
     I need a computer that's mine.  I need A/C,
     hot/cold water, and so on and so forth.  Some
     people never see any of that in their life.
     I won't digress into a full explanation about
     my status of living.  Promise.  But I get
     ornery when these things happen.

     You want to know what the true maddening thing
     is about all this?  I think our A/C just turned
     on, at midnight, for no reason and no
     explanation.

     The world has order?  Right!  Whoever said
     that didn't stay at Madison!

       "You're damned if you do and
        you're damned if you don't."

       -Calvin, who is right for once.
     
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