I Learned a New Word Today

Resistentialism. This is the idea that inanimate objects are innately evil.

Frankly, I believe it. I have a kitchen drawer full of knives that lie in wait for me, and frying pans that take great delight in burning my fingers.

When we lived at the Rice Paddy the fluorescent light in the bathroom refused to turn on, no matter how many times you flipped the switch. And then, when you finally decided you could do what you came to do in the dark, the light would come on just after you washed your hands. Many’s the time I bathed by candlelight.

The light in the den only came on only on alternate Mondays. We simply left the light on 24/7, but a friend accidentally flipped the switch on her way out the door. There’s a certain irony to using an oil lamp to use the computer.

Resistentialism