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[Choop]

at what temperature do you maintain your indoor climate

do you think that it is rad to have frostbite judy

[rowboat]

don't judge me for being hungover on a Tuesday. Ordered an unusually floral Saison beer last night, and had to drink an extra IPA just to cleanse my pallet.

I would never judge anyone for being hungover on a Tuesday. However, you are only the second person I've ever heard of who could get a hangover from just two beers. The first was my damn grandma.

[jay-ell]

I am more worried about my 200 damn dollar ELECTRIC bill (we have gas heat) due to certain Spouses who insist that every light in the house needs to stay on when we are not here, "for safety."

I keep my heat at 68, and even with that I have to wear thick socks and a sweater 24/7. I programmed the thermostat to go down to 60 at night, though, when I am planning on being under three blankets. I'd be willing to bet that 85% of the tough guys who keep the heat down during the winter are the selfsame dudes to crank the A/C/ up as soon as it hits 80 degrees outside.

(For the record, in the summer, I keep the thermostat at 78 when I'm home alone during the day, and Pedro would turn it down to 65 when he got home if I'd let him.)

[AugustWest]

For the past couple of years it's been 60 during the day and 56 or 58 at night.  I think we're probably going to settle on 62/58 this year.  Much warmer than that and I get hot.  I go over to my parent's house in the winter and start sweating.

Put a dang hoodie on or something.

[CortJstr]

Right now our heat is set at 69. I'd be fine with colder by my roommate is from FL and sometimes bumps it up to like 74. She pays the utilities so I have no idea what that's costing us. It mainly bothers me because my bedroom gets up to 78 with the door shut, even when I close the register. Leaving the door open gives me about 4 degrees but isn't always practical so I've been keeping my window cracked whenever it isn't raining.

[Choop]

i've got mine set at 62. in the summer i set it at 75, sometimes i bump it up to 77 if the missus isn't complaining.

some days in the winter, i don't want to wear long johns and three sweatshirts. some days, i want to be toasty and warm without risking scarring and homelessness. in the summer i wear shorts and drink iced tea. in the winter i wear too many clothes.

why is 60 degrees a luxury? why is someone spoiled if he uses a heater? ain't like he's burning peat to get the whole house to 73 degrees in the middle of february. it's cold enough outside, it's supposed to be warmer inside. sheesh.

[jay-ell]

For the past couple of years it's been 60 during the day and 56 or 58 at night.  I think we're probably going to settle on 62/58 this year.  Much warmer than that and I get hot.  I go over to my parent's house in the winter and start sweating.

Put a dang hoodie on or something.

Right now I have on long #####, thick socks, a long-sleeved t-shirt, and a hoodie, and I'm still cold. I'm all about being energy-conscious, but when I have to wear a hat and gloves indoors, I draw the line.

[AugustWest]

Another lump of coal?  Bah.  Humbug.

Actually, I've been pretty cold so far this winter.  I think it's cause I've lost some of my insulation.

[TedStriker]

I would never judge anyone for being hungover on a Tuesday. However, you are only the second person I've ever heard of who could get a hangover from just two beers. The first was my damn grandma.

Who said the fruity Saison was my first beer last night?  Between this and the Judy fight, you'd think I get tipply from such as Corona and nothing else.

[Arachno-capitalist]

Hey wombat, William and Mary might get a giant anthropomorphic pug as its mascot: http://www.wm.edu/about/mascot/?svr=web

[wombat]

Dang, I totally want to stuff the ballot box for the pug mascot, but they want actual contact info at the end of the survey. Should I lie?

[side_show]

See , I like the house to have a slight chill, and then to climb in to bed under a toasty electric blanket.

Due to a recent injury incured by idoiocy (on the part someone else, not my own - though I've got plenty of that too) I also occasionally put a heating pad down and lie on it to sooth my back.  I did this recently in bed, with the electric blanket on too - it was a toasty me sandwich.  One of the kitty's agreed and lulled me to slumber with hungry kitty purrs.  I know if I get cooked, I will also end up eaten.  That is something I am at piece with.  Worry not though - the blanket has a timer and auto off. 

Warm toastyness is luxury.  I like to temper it against the slight chill of the household air. 

Also, ineve, that dude is more and more due for a clobbering.  Do it to him in his sleep.  Just go up to up and punch him in the face while he sleeps.

[jay-ell]

Today I'm gonna throw my hands up in despair and frustration and just say, "Okay, Fuck You Tuesday, do your worst"

And then...it will.

Fuck You Tuesday.

Fuck You, Tuesday.

[theinevitable]

yeah, also a factor is that he is way heavier than me. He'll be walking around in a t-shirt and boxers and I'll be wearing 2 sweaters.

Also, I might be wrong, but I do think that he always turned the AC on when I didn't think it was that hot.

But seriously, he didn't complain about me turning on the heat last year, when our rent was TWICE what it is now.

I think I am going to have to re-evaluate my heating strategy, though, because the fact that I have my own radiator in my tiny bedroom has been making it get really really hot lately.
The guys who lived here last year suggested getting space heaters for our bedrooms and turning the heat down to avoid this problem, which seems smart.

Also, I do not trust our thermostat, I am going to get a thermometer and put it right next to it on the wall so we can see how warm it actually gets.

Final thought: yes, he is coming up for some punches. I got 2 hours of sleep the night before last, and he came home and was stomping around as usual... then he started barking (?!!?!). I figured, "oh, he doesn't know I'm home." Then he yelled something to me through my door. Then he turned on loud music, and sang along, and then I realized that he had invited someone over for dinner who my girlfriend cannot interact with without tears (it is a long story), and he hadn't told me in advance. UGH. Then he walked into my bedroom without knocking TWICE. I think he might have seen my girlfriend topless.

We were half-asleep enough that it made sense that what we would do is pretend to be asleep for the entire hour or so the girl was here. He knocked on the door repeatedly to tell me to come out, "we have company," and I told him I was too sleepy to come out.

It was worth it to hear him ask the girl "are you a pot smoker?"
He is really not OK with people who smoke, but tries really hard to act like he is. It is funny to observe.

The problem is that he is the type of person who is going to argue with me when I tell him my problems with him, and he has a way of making arguments that make me feel stupid and concede. Argh.

I am remembering that I felt this way about him a year ago, but I missed him a lot when he was in china for 7 months and thought it would be fine to live with him again.


This girl I don't like sent me a survey to fill out for her honor's thesis, and... wow.
I have respect for the idea of our "Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies" department, but there is this one woman who teaches really silly classes, and it is so obvious that she is the inspiration for this thesis.
This one question is "Do you think you initiate contact with current or potential sexual partners through text message more often than you would if phone calls were the only option?" and then the answers are from "most often" to "least often."

[theinevitable]

What do you call a machine that runs itself forever?

Like, the kind of thing where rolling forwards turns a wheel that powers the motor that pushes it forward that turns the wheel that powers the motor... etc.

Because this is that.

Wait, I just realized that it isn't unless you use the points to buy more coins. Actually this is just awesome.