Updated: When the power goes out.

I've read this post again tonight and there are so many errors in it (grammatically speaking, not the theme) that part of me wants to delete it.  Note to self:  Proofread before posting. 


I remember as a child the power would occasionally go out and, for some reason we never sat there wondering now what?  We didn't have the internet or a bazillion video games to choose from.  Usually, if I remember correctly, we were given Otter Pops and then went outside to ride bikes or roller skate by the ambient light of glow sticks mixed with twilight.   Or build forts inside with the use of flashlights.

NPR's article somehow irritates me that as a society we've become so dependent on electricity to help bring entertainment to life that we've forgotten how to just occupy ourselves.  If for some reason we've forgotten as a community how to do this, NPR has kindly provided a list of things to do, such as jigsaw puzzles and reading (really?  You mean reading a real book with real pages? Sarcasm, yes, it's shining through today.)

I do realize that this blog post is laced with hypocrisy while sitting here and typing this up on my laptop. And, yes, agree that the folks in the path of the storm shouldn't be wandering outdoors while it's raging, but still, the article annoyed me.

P.S.  I watched a documentary on some thing online called Second Life.  I will not even attempt to delve into that one...