Hello? Is there anybody out there? Five days of internet and telephone problems can give one a sense of disconnectedness in these times of electronic communication. Add to that the fact that this all started happening on the heels of a dual-gig Friday (one at 8:00 a.m. and another, out of town, at 10:00 p.m.) which saw me arriving home at about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. Of course, after dragging myself out of bed on Saturday, there were christmas errands and a dinner engagement (I think - it all seems so long ago.) It rained all day Saturday, destroying so much of our beautiful snow, and later in the evening the temperature dropped and it all froze (I had to chisel my way into my car on Sunday morning.) Somewhere during the freeze is when our phone and internet connection went somewhere else. Many of our neighbors were in the same boat, so I assumed the weather conditions were responsible. I’ll skip the boring details, but I will say that it was particularly inconvenient to have all this take place while relatives were coming to town and plans were supposed to be taking shape for the ensuing days. It all seems to be working now and I’ve just finished catching up on the most important e-mails, so I thought I’d put a little something up so my readers (I think I have at least six "regulars" now) wouldn’t think I’d deserted them. Happy holiday thingies everyone! (Yes, I intentionally avoided saying “Merry Christmas”, partly because I enjoy pissing off those fundamentalists and partly because not everyone does christmas™.)
7 comments:
I nearly sent out the dogs to search for you kids. Glad you all are back.
I always say, Christmas is a little like an alien abduction!
And you forgot to mention the pea-soup fog.
Testing...testing...Dr. Watson, I need you...breaker 8-5-7, do you read me? Over.
Yes, weather is pretty much the operative word here, wouldn't you say? Actually Suzy, it was frozen pea soup fog for about 5 hours.
I'm glad you are back.
Frozen pea soup -- I always like to keep a quart of that in the freezer for those nights when I just don't feel like cooking. Yum.
Please write a new post.
I see that you guys are the official house band on Monkey's blog.
Dr. MvM: I don't know if the dogs could have found us, but I appreciate the concern.
Suzy: Christmas may seem like an alien abduction, but it's not just christmas.And yes, I did forget to mention the pea-soup fog. It was quite thick and caused us to get home much later than we hoped.
Crayons: I've been a wee bit overwhelmed of late, but I'll get to writing something new soon. I was quite honored to see the house band status of the Motor Primitives on Dr. Monkey's blog.
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