in the dark with Murphy for company.

Literally, because all the lamps in my room have been mysteriously snuffed out by Murphy. I mean, what are the chances of all 4 of them dying simultaneously, one after another on the same night? I don't think it's a fuse or anything, because everything else in the room is still working - laptop, CD player, heater, phone charger, that kinda thing. Makes you realize once again, how mindlessly dependent you can be on these unobtrusive objects, which you tend to take for granted all too often.

And this is the perfect excuse for not doing any work tonight!