the heat in our house is really weird; it seems to come on for 10 minutes at a time, blast hot air like dragonfire through the vents, and then turn itself off. also: unless someone is playing tricks on me, the thermostat seems to adjust itself, bouncing down to 62 in the middle of the night and making us wake up to freezing cold. i suspect there's something about the system i just don't understand, but at the same time, i'm silently thankful that we haven't all died of carbon monoxide poisoning, or been incinerated by the entire device blowing up completely.

(touch wood)