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Sitting in the pitch black of my hotel room

So…funny story. I was sitting in my hotel room with the TV on for background noise and reading some stupid news stories when…the power goes out. Which of course means that the internet goes out. And also the lights. I guess those are important.

Turns out, this power outage affects a few city blocks. I had gone outside to look. I thought briefly that maybe it was the doings of some dire mastermind axe murderer. I was going to go out to ask if I could play with his axe. But no, the front desk people told me that Edison knows about the power outage and that they’re trying to get it back up and running as quickly as possible. At first I thought the night manager said that it was a planned outage, which kind of confused me.

Anyway, the night manager didn’t have a whole lot of time to inform me as to what was going on with the power grid as he was getting ready to start making rounds and was instructing his associate on what they needed to do. I guess it’s not going to be a restful or easy night for them.

So, that’s my story. And that I’m actually still sitting in the dark right now.  Well, not really.  Because I have my backup charger for my various personal electronic devices with me and it has a built in flashlight.  I also have a decently powerful LED flashlight in my car.  And I happened to bring the mifi with me from work so I have internet access still.  And Winchell3 has almost a completely full battery.  And so does Behemoth.  And my phone can be charged via my backup.  And my 3DS has almost a full battery too.  And as you can see, I am well prepared for power outages.

But here are today’s doodles that aren’t related to the story at all. Actually, the doodles are what I had meant to post for today before the power outage happened. It has to do with the equipment I’m working with at Clib and how it was originally manufactured in France by people who obviously didn’t speak much English.

They have something called “super drying” that runs at the end of a cycle. The validation team came up to me recently and asked what that meant. I told them it obviously was like drying but with a cape. One of them thought that was funny. The other one looked a little confused. Oh well. But these are the mental images that came to mind when I was telling them about drying and super drying.

Drying

Drying

Super Drying!!

Super Drying!!

PSA: Aspirin != Gauze

AG1

Have you ever experienced clotting issues after a major dental procedure?  Would the gaping hole in your mouth where a tooth previous occupied constantly ooze blood despite your attempts to staunch the bleeding?

AG2

Would blood then constantly dribble down your chin while you shambled around (because you were drowsy from the anesthesia) with your mouth open (because your mouth was still numb and you couldn’t feel your mouth was open) thus making you look like a well-dressed zombie?

AG3

Well, STOP USING ASPIRIN TABLETS AS GAUZE.

I know the two are easily confused, but I’m here to tell you that aspirin and gauze are not interchangeable. Aspirin will not staunch any bleeding. In fact, it will more than likely prevent proper clotting and prolong your bleeding. Do not use aspirin to try and staunch your bleeding.

AG4

Also, do not attempt to take gauze to relieve minor aches and pains and reduce fever. Gauze is not aspirin and does not have analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properities. Gauze should be used to pack wounds to help stop bleeding while not sticking to the wound. Injesting gauze will not help with your headache or fever. Gauze is not digestable and if it lodges in your GI tract, it may cause sepsis. Do not use gauze to relieve minor aches and pains and reduce fever.

This has been a public service announcement against the confusion of aspirin and gauze. This public service announcement is brought to you by ridiculous conversations between Mr. Arachnid and me.