Jan 23

At 11:30 pm Central Time, January 21, the internet went away.

On Jan 22rd, it was still gone.

There was no warning. There was no explanation.

Well, there probably was an explanation, if you looked online, but the internet? Was gone.

Residents of the disaster zone did their best to cope. Paintings were begun. Dishes were washed; floors were swept. But the thin veneer of normalcy was shattered when, with many letters written, there proved no way to quickly transmit or deliver them, or indeed, to check on incoming correspondence

It was a dark time.

At 12:30 pm Central Time, January 23,the internet was restored. And while those who survived the nightmare struggle to move on, none can ever know what this temporary service interruption cost them in boredom, productivity, or personal correspondence.

So, you know. If you emailed me something in the last couple of days, you should probably send it again.

Also?

Never Forget. Or the idiots who managed not to process my payments will have won.