thehappycorp went downstairs to grab lunch and was greeted by the lunar drill rig Bruce Willis used to stop the asteroid in Armageddon. It was parked in front of our door, chewing up the street.

“It’s a prequel,” said the guy resting on the giant drill bit. “Today we’re probe drilling. Gotta make sure there’s nothin’ in the way for when they start filming.”

The reason our water was off all day, however, had nothing to do with the drilling. No, of course not. Who knows how we arrived at that conclusion. Must have been something else.

By the time we came out of the deli with a sandwich and jug of water Spring street was in a small uproar. A coalition of shopkeepers had gathered to berate the drill operator. Seems we weren’t the only ones lacking indoor plumbing.

And while the situation looked and sounded serious over the thumping jackhammers, we took a step back, smiled, and put things in perspective: a day without water is a small price to pay for the next Armageddon movie.