9/16/07: Home again

[davidlevine]

Ah, home. The blessedly familiar...

While we were gone our neighbors began repainting their house. It's now half yellow, half green with white spots.

When I turned on the dining room light, one of the bulbs immediately died and gave out a wisp of gray smoke(!). When I went to replace it, the glass envelope of the bulb came off in my hand, leaving the exposed filament behind. The envelope was filled with smoke, which sloshed gently, like a liquid.

Our neighborhood grocery store has been entirely rearranged. We never did find the cereal.

Glad we were only gone for three weeks! :-)

Comments

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Did you check your roof to make sure you still have asphalt shingles instead of the cedar shingles that somehow appear on houses left vacant for three weeks?

[davidlevine]

Not familiar with this one. Is it like the phenomenon that turns any cassette left in a car into "Best of Queen" (ref: "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett)?

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

It's EXACTLY like that phenomenon!

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Which half of the neighbor's house is the new paint, the yellow, or the green with white spots?

K. [PS: thanks for the _Bento_!]

[nwl.livejournal.com]

Darn, I was going to ask that question! It could be either way, depending on the neighborhood.

[davidlevine]

It used to be green. The white spots are primer (some kind of repairs or touch-up) and the yellow is the new color.

[davidlevine]

It used to be green. The white spots are primer (some kind of repairs or touch-up) and the yellow is the new color.

[karindira.livejournal.com]

Welcome home!

[davidlevine]

Good to be back! See you tomorrow?