endurance

One of my favorite songs from The Smiths goes, "there is a light, and it never goes out..."

Well apparently there is a such a light, and it has been burning solidly since 1901. It's located in a firehouse in Livermore, CA and holds the record with Guiness Book of World Records as the oldest known working lightbulb. Their website even has a "bulbcam" so you can keep an eye on it, you never know when that thing is going to finally give out and dim to a sad darkness.

http://www.centennialbulb.org/