First
World Problems
 I finish
today's comic and am finally ready to assemble this very web
page, so I wander into the kitchen to reward myself with a tasty
beverage,
perhaps
even
filch a
fig newton or two. Then I hear it.
Click.... click-click .... click... click... click-click.
It's my refrigerator. The noise is coming from somewhere behind
and below the rear side. A quick check of the fridge indicates
that
the ice is melting.
Yikes!
A quick browse of Google tells me that a relay has likely gone
bad. They're cheap and relatively easy to replace but it's midnight
which means no chance in obtaining an immediate replacement.
I don't care if my meager amount of food defrosts between now
and
morning
but
the
sheer
anxiety
of having a major appliance go FOOM is going to give me rather
unfortunate dreams tonight. At the very least hangs the dread
spectre of a damaged compressor. If so, so long
cheap
repair.
In case you're interested, I bought this 'fridge back in '86,
the same summer I bought my house. It was a dowdy little dirt-cheap
box but it has soldiered faithfully along all that
time.
Who knew
Americans
made such long-lived things?
If the compressor has kicked the bucket I'll probably drag my
dear, departed little fridge into the spare bedroom and use it
to store old underpants, used auto parts and assorted board
games.
It's
what Martha Stewart would
do.
Wish us luck.
Update 10:30 AM: I removed the start relay and
it rattled like a baby toy. That there's what you call a dead
relay. It only costs $5 for a new one but, unfortunately for
me, no
one
in Dallas stocks the dang thing so I have to wait patiently
until Tuesday for the Wells Fargo Wagon to roll into town. This
just means the minimal amount of grub I keep in the fridge moves
into
a
cooler until further notice.
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 Every
day in this country young adults are forced
into the streets with
no place
to go
and little
to eat. Luckily for them there's places like Covenant
House. It
not only meets the immediate needs of homeless kids
but
also helps guide them to a self-sufficient future.
So if
you have a few bucks left over after buying Aunt Thelma
that new snood please consider making a small holiday
donation to this worthy organization.
Thanks!
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Uncle Lefty's Saturnalian Shopping Tips
Looking for that special example of
commercial excess to impress the jaded kin on your
Xmas list? Well, howzabout
one of these?
 Horse
Head Mask
Amazon reviewer R.L.R. says:
"This mask imbues the wearer with super-human abilities.
The power to make everyone around you feel akward and
uncomfortable being first among them. After wearing
the mask for several days my identity was consumed
and replaced. There is only the horse now. Best purchase
I ever made."
=Lefty=
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Republican Job Creation Update
 12-5-12: The
House agreed to keep the internet out of the clutches
of the U.N., struck the word "lunatic" from federal
law, and made revisions in title 36 of the United States
Code. No jobs were created.
12-6-12: The
House took the day off.
No jobs were created.
For the full list of Republican
sloth please visit republicanjobcreation.com.
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Today's Chart of the Day: Climate Finance
Vs. Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Larger version of chart available here.
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