Weekend

Went a halloween party last night with redmed, capital_l, and capital_l. Pictures are here. Fun was had by all. It’s nice to finally be developing a social circle around these parts. We’re right now missing the demolition derby, but that’s okay with me. I can’t find any mention of the schoolbus demo, so we may have missed that too. Oh well.

For about a year now, I’ve been wondering why my basement is warm, instead of being cold like most basements. I’ve previously attributed it to the fact that the furnace sucks, and throws heat like a mo-fo. Today I added a little bit of detail to that observation. My house is heated by a nightmare tangle of copper pipes that carry hot water from the furnace through various radiators in the rooms. Along the way to the rooms that they’re supposed to head, these pipes are exposed in the basement. We picked up about $50 worth of pipe insulation at the Home Despot today, and I think that we might be just a teensy bit more efficient in heating the house now. Since putting in the attic insulation we’ve already noticed that the house tends to stay warmer. Plus, when I stick my head up in the attic, I now notice that it’s cooler than the mail level. Hopefully, the combined effect of failing to heat the attic plus the new hotness of failing to heat the basement will offset the recent heinous increases in the price of heating oil.

I tossed a bunch of grass seed on the lawn this afternoon. A flock of dark eyed juncos is currently eating it. They’re cute little grey birds with white bellies, so it’s okay.

Here’s the wikiquote entry for JWZ. My favorite for the day: ‘Browser compatibility problems are nature’s way of saying “stop trying to be so fuckin’ clever”.’

Okay, back to benchmarking.