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The Scream. Edvard Munch 1893.

Bob makes soup on Delaware Avenue. Friday.

By Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net.  Ocean Grove, NJ   11/03/2012.   (Sandy hit Oct 29,  2012)

One of our OG neighbors, his name is Jim,  took delivery today of a generator. In the process, he became very popular in the hood.  We prevailed on him to let the Blogfinger staff charge their literary equipment: laptops, iPads, cameras, hotspots, and smart phones.  The trip to crazy Wegmans was getting tiresome, and the Camp Meeting charging center was busy. I told Jim that I would consider hugging him, but we just shook hands.

Our Internet access allowed Blogfinger to receive 25,000 hits on 10/30/12. Folks from all over the world were worried about Ocean Grove.

Jim’s  generator is a noisy machine, but the sound of it is comforting. Who would complain about the noise,  especially since Jim was willing to share his gift with his neighbors around him.   Jim was having some friends over for a movie tonight.

We were getting ready to wrap it up for the day when we got a scoop from the lady who lives behind us.  “Come quick Paul;  and bring your camera.”

It seems that Bob Harasna, a contractor from the next block, had backed his truck up near the generator and plugged in his immersion blender.  Bob was making butternut squash soup for this girlfriend, and the critical last step of pureeing the mixture was all that remained to achieve perfection. Bob was so proud of his creation that he handed me his camera to take his photo. The rest of us laughed at this strange culinary sight.

It was getting dark, so we all went inside and lit candles and turned on our flashlights for yet another night being kept in the dark.

RANDY NEWMAN. From the movie Toy Story.