Word: doe
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...inch ponies are for painting, not play, I thought. But confronting the actual My Little Pony toy—the one reintroduced in 2003, after a hibernation which started at the end of my childhood—presented me with a creepy Olsen-twinsesque beast. That oversized head, doe, drugged-out eyes, and sharp physique was certainly not the pony that I galloped around my bedroom mountains.When the ’80s toy revolution began a year or two ago, I was elated. Finally, proof that it wasn’t only my own Peter-Pan-complexed self that believed...
...efficiently at around 60 m.p.h.; efficiency drops 7% to 23% for every 5 m.p.h. over that. At gas prices that averaged $2.73 per gal. in mid- October, speeding by 5 m.p.h. can cost as much as 62� per gal., say the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy (DOE). Gunning the engine and jamming on the brakes can lower gas mileage 5% to 33%, or as much as 90?...
...DOE asks us to sacrifice "four for the planet"--four incandescent 100-watt bulbs, to be replaced with 23-watt compact fluorescent bulbs. A 100-watter burns through $35.04 in energy over three years, while a 23-watter costs $8.06. A fluorescent bulb costs $11 compared with 75� for an incandescent but lasts more than 13 times as long. Total annual savings for switching four lights, counting the cost of the bulbs...
Heating and cooling costs the average homeowner around $600 a year, says the DOE--much more in colder regions. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Energy Information Administration forecasts that homeowners will pay an average of $378 more this year for heating oil, up 32% from last year. Natural gas will cost $350 more, up 48%, and heating a home with electricity will run homeowners $38 more, up 5%. To trim 3% to 5% from your bill, set the thermostat at 68� in winter, 78� in summer. Padding the attic insulation can save 30%. Switching old heating and cooling...
...lost-child and missing-white-woman coverage is free advertising for Close to Home. This TV season has been notable for ever more gruesome cop shows (Wanted, Killer Instinct) with sensationalistic stories about brutalized women and children. Close to Home, whose early episodes involve a kidnapped young woman and doe-eyed kids on the witness stand, is a softer, more accessible--if emotionally manipulative--version of the same...