I woke from a dream at four a.m. this morning: The City of Houston plumbing inspector had been a woman, it was her last inspection of the day, and after inspecting the gas line, she started hitting on me. We ended up scheduled to have dinner at her place. I also noted that the caps … Read more
I finally synchronized a borrowed chain-saw, electricity (for the electric chain saw), free time, and daylight to allow me to climb onto the roof of the garage and cut off the two main trunks of elm that were still up there. Quite a bit of physical exertion was required, though it only took about an … Read more
18 days after the storm and I get the runaround or the cover-my-ass questions from the AT&T reps. “you only contacted us this morning for the first time?” Since I’ve been without power for 14 days and couldn’t confirm their outage, they will want me to pay. And on top of that they have NO … Read more
Hasn’t been too hot to effect sleeping. Not having electricity means waking up whenever, but that’s life. CenterPoint has the 77007 zip code estimated as 21% outage still. They had previously estimated that we would be below 20% outtage by Thursday. Yes, restoration has visibly slowed.
No electricity at the Continental Club, so I had a low key evening at Virginia’s watching The Empire Strikes Back. Headed home about 10:30. It’s definitely getting warmer and more humid, but I got to sleep (listening to the collapse of the underregulated US banking system this week) and didn’t get out of bed until … Read more
Came home from work to find neighbor Kathy and some friends finalizing the clearing of her debris. After chainsawing my Red Bud, they forced me to head out to The Tavern on Gray. It’s been open for days and tonight is Steak Night. We ate, and it was very good! The place was packed, a … Read more