A Wizard's Jealousy

There's no Statute of Limitations on jealousy.

The weather pundits say the temperature is -26 C here, if you factor in the wind-chill element. At these temperatures, my brain freezes.

This calls for hot chocolate, or perhaps even three cups. If you have a real craving for it, you might try the Italian cioccolata densa, which, according to Wikipedia, is a very thick version of hot chocolate.

Where were we? Ah yes--busy constructing a new house. To this end, we have assembled a portfolio of equipment, including lumber trucks, concrete trucks, and an excavator.

But now, while still gluing pieces of wood together, or hammering nails into them, it's time to think about matters electrical. Will we have enough juice for all of our devices? And what sort of a backup system should we install, in case the world ends and there's a power failure?

There are several approaches here, depending on the size of your back yard. You could install a nuclear reactor, or a liquefied natural gas plant and generator, or a windmill farm, or a large array of solar panels.

Unfortunately, I don't believe Ikea sells kits for nuclear reactors or liquefied natural gas plants, so you wouldn't be able to assemble one of these babies with just a Turner wrench and a set of instructions.

You could always make do with a hundred or so smaller, gas-fired generators tastefully arranged in artistic patterns on your lawn, but filling their tanks would be tedious.

My suggestion is to equip yourself with a diesel locomotive. Here are some nice ones from Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc., which should supply enough electrical power in an emergency to keep an entire server farm going.

If shopping for house-building supplies is getting you down, take a break and feast your eyes on these demolition attachments from Bodine Mfg. for awhile.

So there you have it.

No worries.

Talk-Radio Rage Jockey Attacks Duck

Peace, order, and good government.

Enough about reality. Here, from Scoochmaroo, is a delicious-looking chocolate pie, guaranteed to protect you from any bolts of rage zapping people around you.

While you're eating this pie, you might want to think about adding some more machinery to your portfolio of house-building equipment.

Here, for instance, is a nice-looking concrete truck from London Machinery that would do a fine job of laying down a concrete floor in the big hole you've just dug. If you've rented out the hole to a gardener while you've been assembling the equipment, you might want to sound an alarm before pouring.

The beauty of this truck is that you'll have lots of concrete left over for other jobs, such as laying a concrete floor over that wretched computer that never seems to work properly.

Meanwhile, here are some demolition crushers to look at from Nikolic Abbruchsmaschinen.

Well, it's snowing outside, so, once again, getting around will be difficult. I shall arise and go now.

No worries....