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Now that the rains have abated and the rivers have receded and not a single double bass has floated away, Powell is getting a much-needed new roof. That's a good thing, but one of the perks for those of us working inside is that the eighth-floor carpet has been covered with a sheet of plastic so the roofing guys don't make too much of a mess when they are passing through. Why this is a perk is that there are air bubbles in the plastic and you can walk along and pop them to your heart's content. Or at least until somebody with an office on the eighth floor tells you to knock it off.
