We were awakened after midnight last night by the combination of an eerie silence punctuated by the plaintive beeps of four uninterruptible power supplies. Both were the result of a neighborhood-wide power failure of unknown origin, lasting less than an hour.<\/p>\n
As I lay in the complete darkness (a rare phenomenon in itself; I’m not conscious of how many indicator lights and LED displays emit constant glows throughout the house until they’re not there), my mind began to play with the implications of a prolonged power outage. Was this the way the end of civilization would begin? Our complete dependence on a reliable power grid seemed foolish and short-sighted at that point, but it was pretty much too late to do anything about it now.<\/p>\n
But, I wonder, what does it say about me that my final thought before I drifted back to sleep was, dang, I just bought a gallon of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla ice cream.<\/i><\/p>\n
Of course, the power came back on – it always does – and our ice cream survived just fine, but I’m not taking any chances, if you know what I mean. As they say, life’s uncertain; eat dessert first. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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