Monday, November 05, 2007

The Mighty Electrician

We'll get to the title later. First off, thank you to those of you who commented on my last post, yes even you John. I was wondering if another reason that youth in our culture are worshipped is because of the simple principle of scarcity. It used to be that getting old was a real accomplishment. Most people didn't live long enough to be old. So the elderly were revered and treasured. Now the elderly is the fastest growing demographic. There are more elderly than youth, therefore each youth is treasured more because we have less of them. On to the title.

I don't consider myself handy around any house. I know enough to be dangerous to myself and others. Tonight a neighbor boy came to my house in a panic, because their power had blown. It was a windy evening, so I first check my street. It looked like everyone else had power. My first inclination was, here, use my phone and call your land lord. I know, I'm a pansy. I went over to their house to find that the problem was 3 blown breakers and a burned out light bulb. All stuff even I can fix. Needless to say, I'm feeling pretty happy with my self at the moment. It's time for my question.

We want to have upwards of 6 kids. In this culture that is considered weird. Is having more kids something to be praised, or is it irresponsible? Don't worry, we got thick skins. I got nothing funny for you tonight. Go stick your tongue out at yourself in the mirror if you want a laugh.