One good thing about major inconvenience (a.k.a. not having cable or Web) is that it gave me a ton of time to write -- and that I did.

Oh, I got sick, too. That's another story altogether. However, it meant I didn't write as much as I would have liked given the free time I had.

Oh, well. This tune is a virtual love letter to our wonderful providers of electric service in central Oklahoma, OG&E.

Yes, I'm being tongue-in-cheek, and it's certainly not to make light of the very real tragedies some experienced in this month's ice storm. But you know what? Most of us were just inconvenienced, and in the big realm of potential disasters, I'll take inconvenienced any day.

Besides, now that I'm over my stomach virus and now that I have cable and Web and good times, hilarity and puppy dogs, boy am I ready for 2008. So, let the songwriting commence.

This one won't win me any awards, but it's one of my better videos insomuch as my cat, Finley, completely steals the show, particularly at the end when she "meows" on cue.

Video is first with words below.

Dear OG&E
© 2007 Ryan Welton

Verse 1:
Dear OG&E
Did you forget about me?
No electricity
means no cable TV

Pre-hook:
I been spendin' my nights livin' like an eskimo
I been spendin' my days lookin' like a hobo

Verse 2:
Dear OG&E
Everyone on my street
Has electricity
Everybody but me

Chorus:
I'd a pay at least a thousand bucks
To see just one of those little orange trucks
I would thank the lineman to his face
There ain't nothin' wrong with my meter base

Verse 3:
Dear OG&E
I called your people toll-free
they're as nice as can be
to everyone but me

Pre-hook:
I been spendin' my nights livin' like an eskimo
I been spendin' my days lookin' like a hobo

Verse 4:
Dear OG&E
Would it help if I plead?
I'll get down on my knees
Tell me, what do I need?