What a crock of crap, Earth Hour.

Our wonderful mayor here in Phoenix made a big deal about it. I have yet to see how much energy was saved during this energy shut off period but I doubt it was much.

I know I did my part to counteract its effects by starting up every car I own (5) including the two GAS GUZZLING suv's I own. I then went inside and turned on every appliance I own, the washer, dryer, dish washer, microwave, all 6 TV's, the Air Conditioner, both Espresso machines, the toaster, can opener (that was a chore and I tired of it quickly, same with the toaster), I then opened both fridges and the deep freeze and even opened the door on the wine cooler (only for a minute or two as I did not want the Syrahs and Cabernets to get too warm- I find 61 degrees the best). I did not however screw with the humidor as some things are just off limits even during a protest.

Then for the hell of it, I turned on all the incandescent bulbs on that I could find (think I counted 27 total) and opened the doors to the house to keep the internal temperature just right considering I had the A/C running which of course was fighting the furnace (I always wondered who would win that fight, it was the A/C). Then just to add a touch of class to the deal I turned on the hot water in all three showers just to get the water heaters going strong.

Yep, Earth Hour, I am sure was a huge success.

I was more impressed with my fuse box than anything else for taking the mega-load without popping a fuse. Of course it was after the fact that I thought about the girl's blow dryers (which probably would have been the fuse boxes last stand), the curling irons, straighteners and whatever else they feel they need to be beautiful.

So here's to planet Earth. May she continue to produce natures most abundant energy source, the one the dinosaurs gave their life for... OIL. I burned a s*** load of it yesterday.

My love to Al Gore.

But what would I know; I'm just an Average American.