(If you haven’t noticed yet, there aren’t many valid connections between each day’s title and the entry content, but please feel free to invent your own.)
(23:45)
I’m in a better mood now, which is weird, because I just spent the past several hours working with Flash, which I’ve discovered is not my strong point. Anyway, there should be something new over on AngelA‘s site in a few days, and as an added bonus, it should get me out of a VP post for that day. Win Win.
I think the rant from earlier today (below) was a redirection of my irritation about some other news items, like “smart bombs” that we were told 10 years ago could go down someone’s pants, yet US officials “aren’t sure” where the “errant bomb” landed. Yeah, moving on…
It’s still really hot, but I’m proud to say I haven’t lost my “no air conditioning” contest. It’s not really a contest, since I’m the only participant, but I have this game where I see how long I can go in any given season before I invoke climate controls. For some reason people are more tolerable of the summer challenge than the winter one, and I guess this works well for me, since in the winter you have to put on more clothes, and in the summer, well…
Of course, no A/C also precludes pants on many a day, so we can make up for it with a round of musical pants.
14:17
According to this headline, I’m being asked to limit my electricity use to help reduce the strain on the system. It also mentions that I’m going to be paying about triple my usual bill this month. Despite the fact that the smog days are upon us, there’s no mention of air pollution in the article – it’s all about rising costs and the fact that the system can’t take the strain. If it would get people to stop wrecking the air, I’d be in favour of a 1000% increase in electricity costs, but just like the link between heart attacks and animal consumption, most people aren’t likely to change their ways. Instead, we’ve got a bunch of greed driving the market price up, and this strange paradox where demand causes prices to rise and the odds of being able to meet demand to fall. How exactly does the consumer win here? I can’t wait until our drinking water goes the same route.
That’s just a minor rant (in both quantity and legibility), I’ll probably post more stuff (on different topics) later tonight along with today’s secret puzzle letter. The letter will, as always, go on the bottom, and I guess further stuff will go up above. Argh, I need to revisit my Moveable Type template…
As promised, the secret puzzle letter of the day is O