Brrr.

I'm sure the geniuses who recommended radiant ceiling heat to the architects of my apartment building convinced them that it was an incredible leap forward in technology that would warm the building efficiently for years to come.

Hardly.

What actually happens is, you go to bed freezing despite having turned the heat on half an hour beforehand. If you walk around the room during that half hour, your head is warm, but everything below your shoulders is freezing. And then the next morning, you wake up dry-mouthed and roasting like a thanksgiving turkey.

Weirdly enough, this is not unique to my building. From what I've heard, there were a few years in the 70s when everyone in California was doing it.

Bizarre.

Mind you, these overnight temperatures are still not FREEZING!. More like the mid-40s. Cool enough that you want a pair of wooly socks. Or an oversized cat.

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Day off.