Scene from a Blackout
I’m writing this on my laptop in the middle of the second power outage of the evening. Hopefully I’ll get power back so that I can connect to the Internet and posit it before midnight, but either way I’m going to count my post-every-day streak as intact.
We have enough candles to see in the living room, and for now we can use our cell phones and flashlights, so we’re not totally unplugged. Trying to keep a nine-year-old girl entertained without television, Wii, or Internet is proving to be a challenge. I can’t say that I’m providing a very good example, since I’m here using a computer. But once I finish writing this I’ll see if there are any puzzles we can work out by the candlelight. We may have to crack open the freezer and try to eat some of the ice cream before it melts. It’s a tough burden, but we’ll try to bear it.
The funny thing is, there are a lot of non-wired things I’d like to do; plenty of books to read or rough notes to write. They’re kinda hard to do at 10:30 at night, though. I’m definitely gonna have to give Mr. Edison some extra thanks when we do important inventions in World History this year.
(Note: Power’s back. For now. DUN DUN DUN!)
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.