Earth Hour

As you may already know the world participated in (or should I say celebrated?) Earth Hour a couple of days ago.

A friend told me about and insisted that I do my part and not have any lights or other electrical devices on for the designated hour.

'Oh no!' I exclaimed, 'but that's the exact same time I was planning to do my tribute to Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison by continuously flicking my electricity on and off for the hour!'

He didn't laugh.

Anyway I did my part. I hadn't exactly prepared for Earth Hour though, so I ended up sitting at my desk in the darkness with one little tealight candle to keep me company. About halfway through I needed to go to the bathroom so I tried to navigate my way in the dark. Bad idea, stubbed my toe like nothing else on a door frame. I also feel asleep in my chair before the hour finished. When I woke up several hours later my little candle was out. I flicked on the light to discover that the overflowing wax had fused the candle to my desk and I had to use a knife to get it off.

All in all, a great Earth Hour.