Somebody fetch my smelling salts – Hive and Nest

I got our electric bill for July yesterday.

That’s how much it costs to run an air conditioner non-stop in 100º weather, in case you were wondering. (Nighttime gets down to a chilly 85º, so when I say nonstop, I mean it.) I need some solar panels pronto (Call me Kent Farnsworth!)* *He’s my friend Kim’s husband.  He is graduating one of these days with his MS in Solar Engineering.