When in doubt, let the water run...

Dear Class of '08,

So it's Sunday night and you crave a party. Not just any party, but a costume/themed/dance party with strip flip-cup, circle of death and enough Jose Cuervo to initiate the friend make-out festivities that you feel are a completely natural expression of friendship.

While we can't produce a blog to quench that craving, we can fill a blog with amazing things that happen that make you think, "Oh my god, only someone from K has the right sense of humor and self-determined elitist attitude to properly appreciate what is happening in this moment."

I'll start:

My landlord posted on the front door to my building a sign that reads as follows,

"NOTICE TO TENANTS

Temperatures are dropping!

AVOID FROZEN PIPES: Please protect the plumbing in your unit by letting a trickle of water run from all the fixtures (sinks, tubs, showers) until the temperature rises above freezing.

This is most important if you are in a garden unit, or if your kitchen/bathroom is against an exterior wall.

When in doubt, let the water run... "

SERIOUSLY. That is what the sign reads - I stole it from the front door just to quote it.

I immediately checked wikihow to find out if running water was actually a solution to freezing pipes: http://www.wikihow.com/Prevent-Frozen-Water-Pipes. Please note that wikihow only suggests running the water as a solution to keeping your pipes from freezing if there isn't electricity and you haven't properly insulated your pipes. I don't think the wiki author was anticipating my landlord asking me to use this as a permenant solution. Especially when Antartica is falling apart: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/science/earth/22climate.html?scp=2&sq=antarctica&st=cse. Poor polar bears.