Monday, October 06, 2008 , evening
Bad Day
Woke up today to find our only refrigerator dead as a doornail… I’m sure the compressor is blown, but hey, the lightbulb still works! That makes a fridge, air conditioner, and two pool motors which have died in the last four months, in addition to the two dishwashers and water heater we’ve already replaced in the 7 years we’ve lived in this newly-constructed house. The landfills aren’t full of plastic—they’re full of our dead appliances. Shouldn’t a $1200 refrigerator last more than 7 years without benefit of an “extended warranty”? Did I mention that the washing machine leaks? Hell, I’m probably still paying for all these things on my Sears card.
I can’t think of anything good to come of any of this, except that it puts one of my favourite R.E.M. songs in my head…




















