Amusing meme

Shamelessly stolen from boinggoat.

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I feel like a bit of an under-achiever in my LJ sometimes.  I don't update as often as I'd like, and when I do it's usually just stupid, shallow things like the latest meme, or a gripe about work.

While people in my friends lists are bearing their souls, I'm typing silly, content-free posts.

That being said, here's a picture of my cat.

It's too much!

One of the light bulbs in our kitchen fixture popped the other day. We decided that rather than just replacing it, we'd replace ALL the bulbs with those lower-energy flourescent ones. We bought the 23-watt bulbs that produce the same light as a 100-watt incandescent. All the light and only 1/4 the power usage. We is so smart.

When I was changing out the bulbs I glanced at one of them and noticed that we did not have 100-watt bulbs, but 60-watt bulbs in the kitchen. Oh well, that's still only 92 watts we are using as opposed to 240 watts, right? Not as much of a saving, but still a decent amount. It was only when I flipped the light switch that I remembered the other half of the equation.

When you replace four 60-watt bulbs with ones that give off the same light as 100-watt bulbs, you then have the equivalent of about three more bulbs. Our kitchen is now almost painfully bright. I suppose we'll get used to it over time, but for now I don't like it -- it shows off all the dirt.