If you were wondering why the grographicum imperium was AWOL for awhile yesterday, SO WAS I! But the reason is so wonderfully simple and frightening that I don't even mind so much: Worker error kills power to half of L.A.

Thats right, some guy cut the wrong wire! More evidence that not only does the US have draconian politics, faith-based education, and inept emergency services, but a flailing power grid as well! Move over China!