Today we finally got the remainder of our new bedroom furniture. Dianne now has her night table, which just barely fit in place and there is a big new mirror on Dianne's dresser. Needless to say, Dianne is tickled pink at finally having a place to stash her "stuff" and yet another mirror to preen in front of. I will endeavor to get photos posted for those interested in the "look".
So they finally found out what was the probable cause of "Blackout '03", as they have christened it and wouldn't you know it, it all boils down to an alarm system on a computer not working properly. Unfortunately the whole problem cascaded in less time than it takes to take a gasp so it must have been a sickening feeling to sit there and watch the dominos crumble. No doubt there will be endless debate and investigation and finger pointing for some weeks to come. Toronto gingerly went back to work this morning to no ill effect and the government, in true bureaucratic fashion, ordered 50,000 workers to stay at home on our tab. How does that conserve power? Most of them will be turning on their AC's as they watch TV and surf the net on a free day off.

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