I'm off to the happiest place in the world. No, not Blow Buddies - 'specially not on a Friday afternoon. Those fuckers. I mean Disneylandia. Well, Disneyland. By using the term Disneylandia, I am channeling my Hispanic heritage. You know what I'm talking about right? Like instead of saying Sprite, you say Esprite. Or when you want to say large, you say mucho mucho grande. I'm so Mexican like that. Viva la raza!
I'm heading down south with fellow queer and household bean lover Woods to meet up with my visiting from Arizona cousin Cel and the bad seed known as Timofy who is up from San Diego. San Diego = ack! Gawd only knows what kind of trouble we will cause in the magic kingdom. Will it be published on FlashMountain.com? I hope so. Just as long as I can avoid those fucking Teacups.
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This modernized journal belongs to the Los Angeles based, self proclaimed narcissist, & all around slag Whiplash Lopenski.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
If I can turn back time...
I knew it! Daylight Savings Time is a total jive! Read on...
Study: Daylight Saving Time actually raises utility bills
It's official: Daylight Saving Time is a bust. Designed (and recently extended) as a measure to save energy in a period of inflated electricity prices, an in-depth University of California study has now shown that DST doesn't save anyone any money at all. In fact, it's costing consumers extra, to the tune of $3.19 in extra utility bills per year.
The study was made possible because of the peculiarities of the state of Indiana, which was only partially on DST until 2006. When the whole state finally went DST (to sync with the national business day), some comparisons vs. the prior method were made apparent. The study calculated that the shift costs Indiana residents an extra $8.6 million in electricity bills in total.
Why? Shouldn't they be, well, saving daylight -- and burning fewer light bulbs?
They are, said the study. But while lighting bills were reduced, air-conditioning units had to run more often, because people were home on hot afternoons when they'd otherwise be still at the office. Heaters had to be run on cool mornings, too, when people got up and it was still dark outside.
Professor Matthew Kotchen, who pioneered the study, noted, "I've never had a paper with such a clear and unambiguous finding as this."
This isn't the first time the energy-saving rationale of Daylight Saving Time has been attacked. The first was in 1976, when the National Bureau of Standards found that there was no significant energy savings after the switch. The recent expansion of DST to a few extra weeks was also revealed to have saved no energy during its run. And yet here we are...
In related news, it was also revealed that Daylight Saving Time actually creates no additional daylight.
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Study: Daylight Saving Time actually raises utility bills
It's official: Daylight Saving Time is a bust. Designed (and recently extended) as a measure to save energy in a period of inflated electricity prices, an in-depth University of California study has now shown that DST doesn't save anyone any money at all. In fact, it's costing consumers extra, to the tune of $3.19 in extra utility bills per year.
The study was made possible because of the peculiarities of the state of Indiana, which was only partially on DST until 2006. When the whole state finally went DST (to sync with the national business day), some comparisons vs. the prior method were made apparent. The study calculated that the shift costs Indiana residents an extra $8.6 million in electricity bills in total.
Why? Shouldn't they be, well, saving daylight -- and burning fewer light bulbs?
They are, said the study. But while lighting bills were reduced, air-conditioning units had to run more often, because people were home on hot afternoons when they'd otherwise be still at the office. Heaters had to be run on cool mornings, too, when people got up and it was still dark outside.
Professor Matthew Kotchen, who pioneered the study, noted, "I've never had a paper with such a clear and unambiguous finding as this."
This isn't the first time the energy-saving rationale of Daylight Saving Time has been attacked. The first was in 1976, when the National Bureau of Standards found that there was no significant energy savings after the switch. The recent expansion of DST to a few extra weeks was also revealed to have saved no energy during its run. And yet here we are...
In related news, it was also revealed that Daylight Saving Time actually creates no additional daylight.
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Phlex Schmex
I'm back from Arizona as I stated in my previous post last night. Whew. What a trip. I got to hang out with the fam. I got to eat to the point that they had to roll me out the of restaurant(s). I got the scold my niece for being a pain in the ass (just like her mom back in the day). Good times.
The low point to the trip was visiting the bathhouse in Phoenix called Flex. I got into southern Arizona very late thanks to the traffic that was dealt with on the way out of Los Angeles. I convinced Woods to stop at Flex so we could "crash" for a few hours before continuing down to Tucson.
"crash" = being sluts
Well needless to say, Flex on Thursday was a total bust. I figured that Phoenix would have at least some good sleaze going on, especially on a Thursday night. It's the beginning of the weekend for some. And the fact that Phoenix is the 7th largest city in the country (0r has that changed?!), the meat would be flowing. Yea fucking right.
The majority of the clientele was older, but despite the fact that I love me some older gents, the pickings were quite slim. The only one I found somewhat appealing left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I won't go into detail but I will say that not all ass is good tasting. *vomit*
The majority of the time was spent lounging in the jacuzzi, and swimming in the pool. Oh, and being ogled one of the workers who got a good look at my junk. I hope I at least made his night.
Anyhow, I didn't leave empty handed, so to speak. I did have a sore ass when I exited the facility at 8 o'clock in the morn. But that is another story for another time!
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The low point to the trip was visiting the bathhouse in Phoenix called Flex. I got into southern Arizona very late thanks to the traffic that was dealt with on the way out of Los Angeles. I convinced Woods to stop at Flex so we could "crash" for a few hours before continuing down to Tucson.
"crash" = being sluts
Well needless to say, Flex on Thursday was a total bust. I figured that Phoenix would have at least some good sleaze going on, especially on a Thursday night. It's the beginning of the weekend for some. And the fact that Phoenix is the 7th largest city in the country (0r has that changed?!), the meat would be flowing. Yea fucking right.
The majority of the clientele was older, but despite the fact that I love me some older gents, the pickings were quite slim. The only one I found somewhat appealing left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I won't go into detail but I will say that not all ass is good tasting. *vomit*
The majority of the time was spent lounging in the jacuzzi, and swimming in the pool. Oh, and being ogled one of the workers who got a good look at my junk. I hope I at least made his night.
Anyhow, I didn't leave empty handed, so to speak. I did have a sore ass when I exited the facility at 8 o'clock in the morn. But that is another story for another time!
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Rockabilly Love-ish
I'm off to the see The Raveonettes tonight at the El Rey tonight. And yes, I have returned from Arizona.
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