Icepocalypse '09!

It seems like just last month when we had a widespread power outage. Ah, Louisville. Just southern enough to completely hit the skids and lose all of our shit when the snow and ice hit and just Midwestern enough that it happens every year.

Anyway, I don't have much time on the Internet, but I'd like to share an anecdote about how some are coping with the outages.

I went to the Double Dragon for lunch before all this shit went down. They didn't have power. What they did have was gas woks, a gas deep fryer, a telephone and as much ice as they wanted. So, really. What do they need electricity for? They were literally woking by candlelight. It was amazing. The telephone doesn't need power either and he talleid it up by hand. Again, it was that immigrant Yankee ingenuity.

Of course, it was smoky and probably illegal because the hoods didn't work. It was also really cold. But I surely didn't mind! I'd do it again in a heartbeat! I wish I could eat at places without electricity everyday of the week! Hear that Health Department? Go Cards!

I'm also rather ashamed to admit it but I have spent more time at Denny's the past week than I have at any time since the Buechel location closed. They had electricity, heat, and Internet. Oh, Internet! So, I ate a burger and then ordered a club sandwich with cole slaw to go because I thought it was the thing on the menu that would be best later. And cold.

I mean, I'm cheap and don't use heat anyway, but I coast through on the kindness of my downstairs and upstairs neighbor providing a buffer between me and the elements. It coasts at about 50-55. Not this time! Poor kitty. Say, this isn't really about food? Well, hold yer horses. I've got a backlog of stuff to write about. Including my trip to the western part of town for piggy. Kill piggy! I think I'm going to be a pig farmer. How much do you figure a pig is worth? Kill piggy!

Anyway, I'll just write it by hand and scan it in later. Yeah. That makes sense.