Moral-Flexibility.Net

Our house is rather old, ranging between 90 and 110 years old dependant on the source. The precise age is a matter of detail only, the important part is that the house does not really have anything approaching modern insulation and the house radiates heat during the winter.

This is a little more expensive for us, but not a deal breaker (as we reno we’ll properly insulate the walls). When you combine this with our Canadian winters and our neighborhood history of minor power interuptions, however, it is a definate cause for concern.

I explored a few options to keep the furnace running if the grid drops. My “hail mary” option was to run the car and my 300 Watt inverter to power the furnace only. This was as far from optimal as I could get (well, just slightly less far than the other alternative of “no heat”) and lacked any elegance at all.

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I am typically (these days anyway) careful with my money. I have an aggressive savings program, utilize high interest no-fee accounts and have reduced my day-to-day spending significantly (if we don’t count fuel for the car, I get by on less than $50 every two weeks).

Today I stepped out of that role a wee bit, and plunked down my cash for Fallout 3 – Collectors Edition (I just had to have the bobblehead).

Looking forward to Tuesday!

Saw the film last night. More love and less mud than I’d expected, some schlock but not in quantities sufficient to put me off. Equal distribution between home front and front line.

Canadian history put on film is never going to get a thumbs down from me. Go see the film.

[Edited to add] I’ve been told this gives a lukewarm impression of the film. This is not the case. I enjoyed the film, but am still mulling it over.