Thursday, February 22, 2007

Power out!

Burne_jones Apologies from Loretta! 

I'm not Loretta, I'm Mary Jo, and I just got back from the hairdresser to find a message from Loretta that the power is out in her area, and the ETA for restoring it 6:00 pm EST.  So she asked me to post her regrets.

I could do a thoughtful riff on how dependent we are on technology (if you want to make a Wench scream, cut off her broadband!) but since I haven't had lunch, I'll leave it with Loretta's apologies--

Mary Jo, for Loretta

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By MaryJoPutney
Feb 22, 2007 10:12:46 AM | Mary Jo Putney

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