{"id":26647,"date":"2023-07-26T14:06:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=26647"},"modified":"2023-08-20T09:16:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:16:18","slug":"july-26-apocalyspe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2023\/07\/26\/july-26-apocalyspe\/","title":{"rendered":"July 26 Apocalyspe??"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are living on the brink of the apocalypse, but the world is asleep.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joel C. Rosenberg<\/strong><\/p>\n

I drove into the village to check my mail. The Post Office was closed. The parts store, the hardware store, and everything else was closed. Not a car in the village. WTF was it the Apocalypse, was it Sunday or a holiday, were there any zombies wandering around?<\/p>\n

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My mail was in my post office box. I grabbed that and got back in my van. I rolled up the windows while I checked my mail. I checked the date on my phone. I thought for a second that for some reason it didn’t update. I turned the data on and checked for a holiday I wasn’t aware of.<\/p>\n

I finally called the bank in town to see if they were open. I got a human voice, I told her the village was empty and asked if they were open. She explained that the village was on a planned power outage.<\/p>\n

I told her I didn’t know because I am on Solar.<\/p>\n

I drove into town and passed by where the power crews were replacing a badly leaning set of power poles. No zombies, no apocalypse. I guess I watch too many movies or play too many video games.<\/p>\n

I spent the rest of the morning picking up groceries and supplies. The rest of the day was uneventful. Except for the giant hornet nest right above my garage doors.<\/p>\n

It was humongous. I had a talk with them on my way back inside with Gracie. She is my van. I told them that if they leave me alone, I would leave them alone. As I closed the door, a few hundred buzzed my head but no bites or stings.<\/p>\n

Back inside and the doors closed, I started to bring in the groceries. They are not unpacked yet. I needed to rest. I was still sore from the big fall the other day. That story is here<\/a><\/p>\n

It is nearly time to unpack. Take care and be safe<\/p>\n

Rod<\/p>\n

Oh, come on, it had to be this song.<\/p>\n