You know, it's bad enough when I run the a/c during the day

but then turn on the space heater at night.

But this is a new level of ridiculous.

We have a space heater running in the living room, because that room is consistently 5 - 10 degrees cooler than the rest of the world. (It's very well shaded.) And we've got the a/c running in my room, because that's in the attic.

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So, the boat has new ads up.

A big picture of a deer with the words "This is a New Yorker" and some blurb about learning to live in the same city as deer. There's a website.

It's all probably useful advice, except every time I see that ad I feel like pointing out that all the deer on Staten Island* swam over from Jersey, which sorta makes them quintessential "not really New Yorkers". The ones in the Bronx walked over from Westchester, so same deal. I recognize that I'm saying this from Staten Island, but still!

* Except the ones in the zoo.