power

Over the last two months I've been making a concerted effort to reduce our electric consumption. It had been creeping up mainly because of laziness. The bill was also creeping up because of rate and tax increases.

During the last billing cycle we used 30% less electricity than we used in the December billing cycle. Considering it's winter and we have to have the lights on most of the time we're home, that's pretty amazing. The bill only dropped by about 10% because the power company is like that. I feel good about it, because most of it is just remembering to turn things off when I'm done using them. As Benton Frasier says, "it only takes a minute..."

Random Discworld thought

I just figured out why Rincewind can never get together with a female. The most important female in his life is The Lady. He's her little pet and she seems extraordinarily fond of him.

Methinks The Lady might be the jealous type. I mean you have to have noticed what astoundingly bad luck Rincewind has hooking up with women. He could fall into a harem full of them and not land on one. The Lady loves her pet, but she's not going to share him with another female.

(As a concession to threats from the militant ninja slashers I'm confining my theory to females. Feel free to continue to hook him up with males and male leaning pineapples.)