Oh, good, he's alive

Dad is alive and well and sitting in the dark with no power or heat for the past several days. The phone works, though, and he expects to be going in to school tomorrow to teach.  He's more vexed about not being able to read and having  missed the first episode of "The Pacific" on HBO. I attempted an explanation of how the "On Demand" feature works, but I'll probably have to talk him through the menu if he ever tries it.

Here's something I cannot rationalize purchasing at the moment. Besides, some Philistine folded it.