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Would undernourished supermodels be exempt from the daily calorie limits?

Personally, I don't bother counting calories - It might raise my blood pressure. Smile

I hope this means I get a discount, because I only weigh around 145 pounds.

Famished, underweight supermodels would LOVE this plan, because they'd get to fly for free.

Jay Leno joked that the ...

Everyone knows that running the furnace expends energy directly, since energy (in the form of natural gas, heating oil, propane, wood, or other fuel) is needed for the furnace to work. But there's a ...

I think starving would be a bigger problem than freezing. Since learning about Peak Oil, I've kept my home warmer in summer and cooler in winter than in my Pre-Peak-Oil Awareness days. I've actually ...

I installed a programmable thermostat this past fall. For the setback periods, I set it to 55 degrees, as I don't need a comfortable temperature when I'm sleeping at (under the covers and not awake t ...

In 2004, I discovered dailykos.com. It's MUCH more informative than the popular news channels, but it's also MUCH more depressing. See the conundrum? It seems that happiness and knowledge are mutua ...

I've always felt an obligation to know what's going on in the world. But the more attention I pay to keeping up, the worse I feel. Conversely, the less I pay attention to what's going on in the worl ...

On last year's June bill (mid-May to early-June), I used 177 kWh (31 days), an average of 5.71 kWh per day. On last year's July bill (mid-June to early-July), I used 309 kWh (32 days), an average of ...

Please disregard the poll. The system refuses to let me change or delete the poll.

I've complained here before about buildings where excessive heat is used in winter and excessive air conditioning is used in summer.

Is it just me, or is this climate control abuse much more preval ...

Here's another sad irony about air conditioning: Everyone's favorite way to escape the heat can close off that very avenue for escaping the heat.

Does everyone HAVE to cool their homes down to 72 d ...

One thing I try to remind myself in hot weather: The earliest human beings evolved on the hot African savanna without air conditioning!

The sad irony of air conditioning is that our favorite way to escape the heat only makes it worse. Using air conditioning requires large quantities of electricity, which means emitting more of the gr ...

How would the owner feel about your making such an alteration? Better check your lease, or better yet contact him.

I'm trying to think of alteration-free ways to block the sun's rays. The idea is ...

By the way, the roof is sloped, so a roof garden is not an option.

Yes, I know that a tree that shades the house would help, but a tree takes many years to grow.