Overheard In The Office

     RX: "Are you interested in bacon?"  [Holds out plate with a bacon/egg/cheese sandwich on whole wheat, with a couple of half-strips of bacon on the side.]

     Tam: "Yes!  But is bacon interested in me?"  [Takes bacon.]

     She considers my typical morning sandwich or bowl of oatmeal impossibly heavy, but a little bacon is always welcome.

     Outside, it's -4°F.  There has already been one water main break, and as the temperature cycles up and down, we can expect more.  Citizen's Energy inherited a system that had been struggling to keep up with aging pipes for years, through a series of ownership changes.  Citizen's, an unusual public trust, has made remarkable progress -- but it's not a task that is ever entirely done and they'll have more work before this run of extreme cold is over.