Saturday, 16 May 2009
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Hot Date
Last night we had some powerful storms move through the area. I was still awake at 2 AM, and the computer, lights, and all simply flicked out on me. By feel I found a candle and took myself upstairs, where I discovered that it is sort of nice to brush one's teeth by candlelight, and not have a nightlight on in the room. About an hour later the lights came back on, and I finally fell asleep.
When I woke, it was light, so I had a look at the clock. From Rich's side of the bed, I heard, "Power's out.. No clock....no coffee." I goggled at him in bleary-eyed horror. "Fire up the generator!"
"No", he said. "I'm going to have a quick shower and get some Starbuck's downtown. Are you coming?"
So the first thing we did today was to have a date at Starbuck's. It was a little embarrassing to be making the first act of the day a public declaration of our addictions, but it was also rather nice, and not too expensive.
The power came back on about thirty minutes after we got back. Just in time to dry my hair.
I really should use less energy, but my addiction isn't going away.
Besides, Rich told me over our grandes that 'they' are finding ways to use coffee grounds to produce energy. If you add it to garbage dumps, it speeds methane production, and efforts are being made to collect the methane gas to use for power. (It's so cool to be married to a scientist; I knew I was doing the Lord's good will there) Drinking a good jolt of coffee could soon become a patriotic act. Now I know how to use the stimulus checks that we haven't seen yet. And maybe we'll invest a bit of it in Starbucks?
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Comments (5)
Well, I'm glad you got a hot date and neat blog out of it, but for the life of me, I cannot fathom why he didn't just start the generator. I jump at an excuse to start ours. I have hosted two neighborhood men's gatherings to test ours and see how many refrigerators we can run off it before it crashes, and blogged both of those. And Rich is more of a scientist than I. What's with this guy? who'd rather run to Starbucks than start up the generator? I don't get it at all. Maybe he's been in academia too long.
@HaigLaw - I think he was just afraid to mess with the generator before a properly strong cup of coffee. He doesn't mind driving without it though. I dunno.
Well, you know he drives so often I imagine he could do it in his sleep (or w/o coffee, which is practically the same thing).
With all the Baby Boomers getting on in years, perhaps we should find a way to generate electricity from hot flashes.
@AggieSoonerMom - I am SO with that thought. Goodbye, energy crisis!