Speak to me iPad!

I just had one hell of a scare, I thought the iPad had died on me. I’m so used to having it turn on when I click the button that when nothing happened I nearly ruined a perfectly good pair of pants. The screen stayed dark and there was no "slide to unlock" action. Egad! This never happens, what the hell do I do?

I thought the battery might have died, but it had 75% this morning when I check my feeds. It couldn’t have died that quick. Oh my lord, what do you do when the iPad won’t turn on? Well, you turn it off. You hold the buttons, wait 10 seconds and the device will shut off. Give it a few seconds and it will start back up. It worked! The iPad is back up and running and all seems well. How funny that such a small glitch causes such terror. I just expect the iPad to work. When Windows makes a mess of its diaper it’s almost expected. It happens so often it’s lost all meaning. But the iPad showing a dark screen is so rare (this is only the second time this has ever happened to me) that is makes my head spin.