Back in September, we posted about our previous electricity usage and our projected final number for 2009. We guessed 7132 but it seems that our mild summer and fall translated to an actual usage of 6927. We've been somewhat conscious of our electricity usage and moving some of our entertainment-related appliances to power strips that we shut off appears to have made a small improvement as well. Unfortunately, while our gas usage underwent a smaller increase this year than in previous years, it still was an increase. Even with turning down the hot water heater years ago and switching to an electric dryer, the incredibly cold October and subsequent months ruined any chance we had of improving over last year.

The rest of the 2009 postings have been moved to the archives as is customary. It's good to see a couple of comments being posted. We had to make them appear on an approval-basis only because there's a lot of spam that comes through. In response to our friend Sarah's comments from our last posting:

• The girls seem to enjoy other crossover-country when they hear it, but for now they're stockpiling Taylor Swift MP3s.
• "Human" by The Killers didn't make my all-decade list of best songs, but I do like the song and actually bought it.
• Last night, we watched the documentary called "It Might Get Loud" which features The Edge, Jimmy Page, and Jack White. We were mostly into it for The Edge's part, and the third-plus of the film dedicated to him is a treat to watch him explore his old haunts and dig out his working tapes for old hits. While Jack White is no doubt talented, the film portrays him as a bit of an outcast (but hey, maybe that's who make up most of rock-and-roll) but his guitar work just seemed to stray farther from The Edge's and Jimmy Page's enough that it was questionable why he's so highly regarded as a guitarist. At least, he must be if he was included with Edge and Page.

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