It's not going to stop me from switching. I already have in some lamps. Still hate the light and miss my halogen, but it is nice not to have to replace the bathroom lights all the freaking time. And cooler in there with CFLs.
The Sun has been a bit, erm, negative about CFLs. In some cases, warranted (the whole gov't subsidized bulbs but you could barely find a place in town to get them.) I think they are trying to have a main point of how gov't has really not done a good job of functionally getting people to switch beyond hot air, but they're approaching it from too much of a CFL EVIL direction.
So exhausted. May curl up and die under my desk. Send burrito.
it is nice not to have to replace the bathroom lights all the freaking time.
I've read that you shouldn't use CFLs in bathroom fixtures because the humidity can shorten their lifespan significantly. (Like, short enough that the energy savings will be offset by buying so many replacement CFLs.)
So exhausted. May curl up and die under my desk. Send burrito.
I don't know why, but I'm picturing some cowboys riding up to your office on horseback. Then as they enter your office, the receptionist exclaims, "The Burrito Rangers are here!"
So exhausted. May curl up and die under my desk. Send burrito.
I'm totally having a burrito for lunch. And a GIANT cookie.
What kills me is they try all of these incentive programs for teacher attendance. A person I worked with for a bit had 5 years without an absence and got $3.00 as her incentive. WTF?!
Ah, bureaucratically administered education programs. What would we do without you? We'd actually have to pay for farce!
Hey, anyone know how to get Wite-Out off a keyboard? And, er, computer? And desk? And glasses?
I'm totally having a burrito for lunch.
Me, too. Because the burrito place is a block away, and I don't think I can drag myself any farther.
nail polish remover will clean up wite out.
My favorite burrito place is closed because of the crane collapse last week. (Which happened basically right on top of it.) BOOO.
Awesome and funny SciFi story - BoingBoing describes it so:
"Wikihistory" is a delightful science fiction short story by Desmond Warzel in the form of a series of messages posted to a time-travellers' forum -- it's basically a Wikipedia edit war, where the old hands have to keep on slapping down the noobs for killing Hitler:
[link]
International Association of Time Travelers: Members' Forum
Subforum: Europe – Twentieth Century – Second World War
Page 263
11/15/2104
At 14:52:28, FreedomFighter69 wrote:
Reporting my first temporal excursion since joining IATT: have just returned from 1936 Berlin, having taken the place of one of Leni Riefenstahl's cameramen and assassinated Adolf Hitler during the opening of the Olympic Games. Let a free world rejoice!
At 14:57:44, SilverFox316 wrote:
Back from 1936 Berlin; incapacitated FreedomFighter69 before he could pull his little stunt. Freedomfighter69, as you are a new member, please read IATT Bulletin 1147 regarding the killing of Hitler before your next excursion. Failure to do so may result in your expulsion per Bylaw 223.
At 18:06:59, BigChill wrote:
Take it easy on the kid, SilverFox316; everybody kills Hitler on their first trip. I did. It always gets fixed within a few minutes, what's the harm?
