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Hey, I’m back! It turned out that today was the day for our annual neighborhood power outage, and at first I thought I was sitting pretty. I’ve got a Windows tablet, which means it’s compatible with MoJo’s blogging software. I’ve got my Bluetooth keyboard. And my phone will act as a WiFi hotspot, so I can connect to the net. Who needs electricity?

Well, apparently this year’s blackout was so extensive that it took out the local T-Mobile cell tower. So that was that. No internet connection. I thought I had this thing wired, but apparently not.

Anyway, at the time my computer died I think I was writing a brilliant post about Republicans and abortion, but I no longer remember just what brilliant point I was going to make. It probably amounted to an assertion that they’ve always been against it and nothing has really changed. Maybe I’ll remember tomorrow.

In the meantime, what happened this afternoon? Anything I need to get on top of?

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