Nine Woodpiles

I should just stop reading the news. It always sets my teeth on edge. I’m not only talking about the pandemic, the riots, the economy or the coming election. It’s EVERYTHING. Last week the Energy Star Program (run by the Department of Energy and the EPA) announced we should all set our thermostats to 78F. When we’re at home and awake, that is. If we’re asleep, it should be 82, and 85 while we’re out of the house. That’s just silly. If it was 82, I’d NEVER be asleep. And if it was 85 in my house, I’d be at the Fairfield Inn. If I set the thermostat downstairs to the 80’s, it would be in the high 90’s upstairs, where the bedrooms are. Maybe I should move the thermostat up there. Or I could ignore the Energy Star Program altogether and read the daily comics instead.