To read a paper book is another experience: you can do it on a ship, on the branch of a tree, on your bed, even if there is a blackout.
Oh my God! It's a blackout!
From a reality perspective, I'm sure part of that is true, but this is the largest blackout in U. S. history. If that is not a signal that we have got a problem that needs to be fixed, I don't know what is.
On the night that the Second World war was declared, there were crowds in the street. It was a summer's night and there was a blackout. On every side you heard people crying: 'Look at the moon!' The moon had been there every minute of their lives and they'd never seen it.
Britney Spears' album Blackout is one of the hottest-selling CDs in the country. We're in a bad place, people: The world is melting, we're at war, and Two and a Half Men is a huge hit.
Nothing good ever happens in a blackout. I've never woken up and been like, 'What is this Pilates mat doing out?'