Tuesday, December 21, 2004

On-Again, Off-Again

I'm not posting any more than this one message this evening. Reason: My power keeps going on and off. I just had the sixth incident in the last five hours where the electricity goes out for about two minutes, then comes back on.

After the fourth, I called the Department of Water and Power. A nice lady there explained that they're "trying to locate a problem."

I said, "I've got one right here. My power keeps going on and off."

"No," she said. "We know what's causing that. The crews are turning the power on and off in your area, trying to locate the problem."

"Has it dawned on any of them that they're creating some problems with this? My TiVo has now been recycled more often than Jackie Mason's act."

"We need to fix the problem, sir. There should only be one more outage...two at most."

Right after I got off the line with her, we had Blackout #5 and about twenty minutes later, we had another...so I guess that's it. I'm taking her at her word that there will be no more tonight becaus

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'Tis the Season...

...for shopping and gift-wrapping and people outside stores who ring bells at you and inedible fruit cakes and wondering what you're going to get your stupid Uncle Hiram and getting cards from people you don't remember and all sorts of things...

But most of all, 'tis the season to click on this link and go over to the Official Pogo Possum Website to read some of the brilliant Christmas strips done in years past by the great Walt Kelly. Ain't been nobody better, then or since. And while you're over there, you might wanna brush up on the lyrics to "Deck Us All With Boston Charlie," just in case a band of merry Boston Charlie carollers happens past your house and invites you to join them. These are the real lyrics we've posted there. Accept no substitutes.

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