Crap...we've been having brief periodic brownouts. Everything will shut down for a moment, I'll have to go and reset the clocks, and so far (luckily) the air conditioner hasn't been running while it happens because if it is, it messes it all up and I have to turn the whole system off for a while and let it reset (sometimes just throwing the breaker off and on will do it, not always).

Luckily, I have the "sensitive" stuff (the tv and computer) on surge protectors and it seems like they don't get totally shut down or fried (though I do lose the on-screen menu for "what's on tv" for a while).

I don't know why this is - it's actually a lot cooler here this week so it's not like everyone has their air conditioning cranked way up or anything. I suppose it could be that it's been a little windy, and maybe the wind is worse somewhere else along the line.

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I finished one little thing today:

This is a little amigurumi item; it's supposed to be an Erlenmeyer flask. (or, Earl Lenmeyer, as the pattern author styles him). It's a lot smaller than I expected; probably close to a 150 mL flask in size.



Earl Lenmeyer says: "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."

(Chemistry humor, ar ar.)