No bats for me

Due to the "supply limitation situation" concerning rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis vaccination for humans (it's not a shortage though - see here), I'm not getting vaccinated for another month or two. This means no bats for me, and I have to avoid anything else that might be even a little rabid.

In other news, we have a power-squid:

This creative device has a niche in everyday households due to the shape of the power outlets here. Some kind of power-board/multi-board is needed because many appliances do not require an earth pin, so the plugs support themselves in the wall-socket by two pins only. Because in US plugs these pins go into vertical slots, a problem occurs when the wall-sockets become worn:

Hence even though there are some 50,000 power-points per room, plugging into some kind of power-board is a good idea since it has the handy earth pin to keep it in the wall. The reason for a squid vs. a board is bizarre: The sockets on the power-boards here are so close together only about half of the points are usable at one time.

Oh well, at least the power-squid matches our new lamp:

I think it's supposed to look like a cluster of pink flowers, but it mostly reminds me of giant tubeworms. This makes me happy.

There's an excessive heat warning on at the moment - it was 38ºC outside a while ago (only 36ºC inside, which was relatively refreshing). So we're mostly just sitting around eating ice-cubes dipped in rum & coke. Interestingly, the use of high-fructose corn syrup (instead of sugar) in soft-drinks here seems to make the coke foam far less when combined with rum.

Another weird thing: all the supermarkets sell dry ice. How awesome is that? Especially in this weather.... I mean, when we got plates out of the cupboard for dinner, they were already hot. That's just wrong.