Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Personal Electricity Usage -- One Bedroom Apartment -- North Texas -- November 4, 2026

Locator: 52092ELECTRICITY. 

Tag: personal electricity 

Our only energy source: electricity; no natural gas.  One bedroom / one den apartment, north Texas, one month. No attempt to conserve energy but we do watch our heat and a/c closely; we watch it closely and try not to be wasteful. This is our total utility (electricity) bill. We use no propane or natural gas. 

This past summer was the hottest since we've lived here. We moved to the DFW area in 2013 or thereabouts. 

The company says our average price paid for electricity this month was 19.50 cents / kWh. Last month it was 19.50 cents / kWh.  

This summer was very hot, but finally, during the last last half of October, things cooled down a bit. I don't know what our "average" is over the past year, but I used to expect to pay less than $100 / month when I was watching usage very closely. Now, not so much. So, $125 for all energy for one month seems more than fair. 

AI, Help! I Truly Need AI Help On This One! -- November 4, 2026

Locator: 52091HELP. 

Query:  

This is not a political statement. It is an observation. No matter what side of the political aisle one is on, or not even on, I'm having trouble articulating the national mood. The only thing that comes across my psyche are the television scenes of helicopter evacuations when Saigon fell decades ago.

AI response: link here. Link: https://share.google/aimode/wVQpUHOi5bGntGfrW.  

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A Musical Interlude

I was going to add a second video but I think this one says it all.  

Link here. 

In All The Commotion, No One Saw This Coming -- Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Locator: 52090LNG.  

Link here. 

And what's really cool? The Democrats will ensure this will happen. Trust me on this one. Qatar will control the US LNG market.

I Wonder What Dan Nathan Will Have To Say About This -- Rhetorical -- I Won't Be Following -- November 4, 2026

Locator: 52089AAPL.  

Tag: Apple.


 



We are at / near an all-time high for AAPL? Later, 2:04 p.m. CT:

Market caps:
  • AAPL: $5.12 trillion;
  • NVDA: $4.88 trillion.

Qualcomm Signs Major 5G Infrastructure Deal With SpaceX For Starlink Mobile Network -- November 4, 2026

Locator: 52088QCOM.  

Qualcomm signs major 5G infrastructure deal with SpaceX for Starlink Mobile network. Folks might want to start looking at market caps -- SpaceX ($1.9 trillion), ATT, VZ, TMUS. 

For more, link here. Link: https://share.google/aimode/1qGePQUbDJH23R6Zv.  

Qualcomm badly needed this; the announcement was made on a great day for investors: