ok, here’s mr. facts:

• incandescent [icd]: $0.50/ea., 2000 hr life
• compact fluorescent [cf]: $3.00/ea., 10,000 hr life
• LED [led]: $10.00/ea., 100,000 hr life

considering a kWh cost of $0.15, 8.0 hours of usage/day, all lumen outputs equivalent to a 45W incandescent:

• icd (45W) = $19.80/yr
• cf (9W) = $3.96/yr
• led (3W) = $1.32/yr

considering that an LED will run for 34 years without burning out at the above usage, the following 34-year costs can be determined:

• icd: $22.50 in bulbs + $673.20 in electricity = $695.70
• cf: $13.50 ” ” + $134.64 ” ” = $148.14
• led: $10.00 ” ” + $44.88 ” ” = $54.88

now, if one were to borrow against the amount paid for a light fixture’s 34yr lifetime icd bulb requirements, one would net $695.70. now, if one were to invest that $695.70 into even low-ass yield t-bills (one would have to chip in $4.30 though, t-bills are only available in $100 increments), over the course of 35 years (three 10-year t-bills reupped, followed by a 5-year) one would have an ending balance of $2,428.38.

none of the above takes into consideration that nobody would ever use a lowball t-bill to do this, more likely a mutual fund or hell, you could get .75 oz. of gold or 3 shares of apple stock. whatever, just know that however you invest that almost $700.00 it will be more than quadrupled by the time your $10.00 led finally kicks the bucket.

and remember, this is just for ONE lightbulb. you know you can replace at least 5 incandescents currently burning in your house/apt./barn/business/butt.

so yeah, deeeeeewwwwww eeeeeeeeeeeeeettttt.

• interwebs [coming on wednesday]
• sat. tv [done]
• eletricity [done]
• cooking gas [done]
• moving truck & helper dudes [reserved]
• usps address change [done]
• bank/phone address change [done]
• paypal/amazon/etc. address change [done]
• packing [almost done]
• target spree [friday evening]
• move everything [saturday]

<3 moving

melanyouth:

In response to the proud and manly video clip referenced below, here is a painting by Ilya Repin showing what those poor motherfuckers really looked like.

(Click for a bigger version here)

mills:

Leonid Kharitonov & the Red Army Choir - Song of the Volga Boatmen.

To Tragos’ plaintive request for music capable of offsetting the effects of his “highly thanatotic” work environment, the eminent S. Stratodrive responded with the above and added:

it’s what huge teams of russians would sing as they trudged for miles up the banks of the volga hauling barges against the current by their five inch diameter mooring lines.

It’s quite amazing, both the song and the video of the Red Army Choir from 1965. It’s closed-captioned so you can read the lyrics.

ragbag asked: is dancing, as usually conducted, compatible with a high standard of morality?

as someone who is a versatile and excellent dancer (swing, ballroom, modern, salsa, tango, lindy), and after dating a number of professional and amateur dancers (expanding my exposure to include exotic, burlesque, go-go, ballet, and jazz/tap), i would lean towards HAHAHA HELL NO.

devil’s pastime, etc. it’s a lusty and heady pursuit that beggars no chastity or personal restraint and yet its dark underbelly is more sinister still. its sole purpose is to recreate the synergy of intercourse and la petite mort, no matter how formal or refined.

tragos:

If one were to be mired in highly thanatotic work requiring little thought but much endurance, what song would most effectively restore the fortitude and pliancy of one’s soul?

song of the volga boatmen [performance by the russian red army choir, 1965. be sure to turn on the captions]. it’s what huge teams of russians would sing as they trudged for miles up the banks of the volga hauling barges against the current by their five inch diameter mooring lines. it’s also my favorite of the songs we learned back when i took russian in high school (the only things i can effectively say in russian these days: “my name is bread”, “i love eelpout”).

marc:

… To my surprise, an Apple Genius handed me a replacement within a few minutes of looking at the phone. (Interesting side note, the Genius shined some sort of UV light down the iPhone’s audio-out port. Apparently Apple can tell if an iPhone has been submerged in water that way. Not that mine had.) …

what they’re looking for is a water-sensitive indicator sticker that changes color when it comes into contact with water. in the cellphone industry, this sticker is colloquially referred to as the “fuck ‘em sticker”. in that “fuck ‘em” is the warranty’s replacement decision when a sticker indicates contact with water.