Random notes.

[rivka]

It's amazing how much it can lift one's spirits to be unexpectedly handed an envelope full of unmarked cash. More workplaces should institute this practice. Maybe I'll become a highly paid consultant by suggesting it to other organizations.

It's unexpectedly cold today - although Weather Underground did predict rain, they also predicted high temperatures in the upper 70s/low 80s. Nope. And both the clinic and the IHV have glacial indoor temperatures. My office has a thermostat on the wall, but it seems merely to be here as an outlet for my frustration. It's turned up as high as it will go, and still the fine hairs on my arms are standing up and my skin is dotted with goosebumps.

On the up side: I collected data today without seeing a single penis or hearing a single personally-directed sexual remark.

curiousangel and I are supposed to go to this Argentine tango thing tonight. I'm not feeling enormously enthusiastic right now, but surely it will be fun. How could the combination of a live orchestra for ballroom dancing, plus Argentinian wines, plus curiousangel, not be fun? Also, wouldn't dancing be warming? ...We just haven't done ballroom in years - I hope we pick it back up smoothly. English dancing is of course very different.

Okay, that's probably enough diversion for now. Back to writing our granting agency a progress report.

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[tammylc.livejournal.com]

My office has a thermostat on the wall, but it seems merely to be here as an outlet for my frustration. It's turned up as high as it will go, and still the fine hairs on my arms are standing up and my skin is dotted with goosebumps.

Most heating systems have to be set for either heating or cooling - they can't switch back and forth to maintain a constant temperature (too bad, but that's the way it is). Since it's been hot lately, your office system is set for cooling. When in cooling mode, the setting on the thermostat tells the air conditioner to only kick in when the temperature in the room goes above that temperature. So your thermostat is probably doing what it's supposed to do and not turning the air conditioning on, but it can't make the room heat up, regardless of what it's set for.

In the winter, the setting works the opposite way, and tells the heat to turn on when the room gets below the set temperature. So if it's 75 and you have the thermostat set for 70, turning it down to 60 (as I've seen people do) will have no affect until natural cooling sets in. And the next morning, when the temperature has gone down to 60, they'll turn the thermostat up to 80, thinking it will make it "warm up faster." Cycle continues.

As you might guess, this is a little pet peeve of mine...

Tammy

[wcg.livejournal.com]

I hope the dancing goes well and that you both enjoy yourselves. I look forward to hearing about it.