We’re back. On Sunday, Irene knocked down a couple of trees on our block, which mostly missed people, houses and cars, but got hung up on the electricity cables. Power was restored yesterday, after four days. More on that, later. First: This is the Riot for the month of August 2011. August saw ebbs and …
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Riot for Austerity – Months 32-33
This is the Riot for the months of June and July 2011 – months 32 and 33. We are at present 4 to the family, so the per person counts are for 4. Our first year’s averages were calculated here, our second year’s averages can be found here. Looks like Sharon is trying to get the Riot (and …
Riot for Austerity – Months 30-31
I calculated the last Riot on April 5, so this is two months worth. Our first year’s averages were calculated here, our second year’s averages can be found here. Gasoline. Same as usual. Activism (paradoxically) involves a lot more driving around. 10.6 gallons per person pp. per month 25% of the US National Average Electricity. The calculator reckons …
Riot for Austerity – Month 29
It’s already 6 April but I know I doubt I’ll have  time at the end of the month, so here are our numbers for March + 5 days of April. It’ll all even out. Our first year’s averages were calculated here, our second year’s averages can be found here. Gasoline. Same as usual. I’m doing a lot of …
Riot for Austerity – Months 23-28
The last month for which I calculated our Riot was August 2010. That was month 22, so the calculation here will include the last two months of our Second Year of Rioting. Our first year’s averages were calculated here, our second year’s averages can be found here. Gasoline. I haven’t been able to calculate in our trip to India (wish …
Riot for Austerity – Year Two
The last month for which I calculated our Riot was August 2010 (month 22). In the meantime the Riot site has been taken down and bought by a link farm. That means the calculator is gone too. The Riot Yahoo-group has looked into restarting it, or at least putting the calculator up, but it hasn’t …
Living Room Green House
There’s Amie, counting on her fingers This is what our living room looks like now. DH said it looks a bit weird, those big peppers. I said, well count yourself lucky I’m not overwintering the eggplants! (Poor eggplants.) At least I’m making that big picture window pay for all the heat loss in cold weather. …
Riot for Austerity – Month 22
This month our household was even more in flux than in July (see this entry for all the coming and goings). In August we averaged 6 people. Last year’s averages (calculated here) are mentioned as a baseline. I use this calculator. Don’t ask me how it works, all I know is it keeps me honest. …
Riot for Austerity – Month 21
This month there were 4 1/2 of us -Â though one was a teenager and in my opinion teenagers count for 1 1/2, but okay. In any case, these here are the calculations for one month of (not very conscious) rioting for two adults, one four-year-old and one teenager (my nephew from Belgium) for the …
Riot for Austerity – Month 19-20
Well, it’s again 2 months since I calculated our last riot. I’ll average May and June. Last year’s averages (calculated here) are mentioned as a baseline. I use this calculator. Gasoline. 14.528 gallons per person (pp) in cars + 10 miles pp on public transport. 35 % of the US National Average (Last year’s yearly …