The Power is Back

I'm back on the Internet after 2+ days without power and 5+ without Internet or cable TV, thanks to the Biblical windstorm of 2006. Read it here here here and here. Our power knocked out at our house a little after 10 Thursday night and didn't come back online until 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning. It was a cold, cold weekend. Fortunately, I found caffeine sources and was able to fill up most of Saturday with soccer games. Believe it or not, it was warmer out than in!

The kids in our house got a great lesson on how modern life grinds to a halt without electricity. I'm certain they'll all be turning off the lights as they leave the room from now on!

It was very eerie to drive through the city in the pitch black. It felt like one of those zombie movies and I kept expecting something to lurch out of the darkness. But no, it was dark and very, very still. Eerie, indeed.

What's been shaking since I've been off line? Well, you really have to thank your God, higher power, or lucky boots for Jose Mourinho. In a world of uncertainty, he is an absolute rock of stability and consistency. It's nice to know that I can go off-line for 5 days and come back to find that Jose is still an asshole shooting off his mouth because he loves the sound it makes. The knicker twister here is that this time he had to apologize.

Arsene Wenger is thought of as more of a professorial type. But alas, the thin man is getting himself in trouble with his mouth as well. Arsene, just coach, baby.

Ah well, that's it for now. I'm off to face the crowds and try to finish the shopping list for Christmas.