Utility Bill -- July, 2023 -- Hot, Hot, Texas -- ERCOT

Locator: 45258TX.

Everyone has heard:

• how hot it's been in Texas;
• how the grid may not hold;
• how expensive Texas electricity is.

This month I did not make much of an effort to conserve electricity, and let my wife turn on the a/c as needed, and even wash and dry clothes as she wanted.

My wife is like her Japanese mother: doing laundry seems to be her favorite pastime, especially towels. She could do towels all day long if we had that many.

This was our electricity bill, our entire utility bill except water which we pay with our rent. We do not have natural gas.

Note the average high temperature last year (103°F) compare to this year (100°F), and compare it to the previous month (June, 2023): 91°F.

Average daily usage: 16 kWh vs 18 kWH.

Okay.

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The Book Club

The Premonition: A Pandemic Story: Michael Lewis, c. 2021.

I might make it a requirement: to access the blog one must have this book in your personal library.

I could require a password to access the blog and the password would be the "nth" word on the "nth" page of the book and the password would change weekly.

The book is that good.

I've read the first chapter and the first half of the second chapter. I have no idea where Michael Lewis is going with this but it is absolutely fascinating. 

But no, I won't require a password to access the blog. LOL.

I don't read books like these, as a rule, and to the best of knowledge, I've never read any of the twelve books or so that Michale Lewis has already written, including Moneyball.