During the summer, many homeowners experience a spike in their energy bill due to the air conditioner running constantly. You can put an oscillating fan in the room or even a window fan, but neither of these will help much on the hottest day of the year. The only way to stay cool is to keep your AC running, despite the high energy cost. Fortunately, there are ways that you can save on your energy costs, whether you have a split system, packaged central air, or a portable air conditioner. These tips are pretty simple, and they can save you money this summer. Central Air Tips The capacity of an ..read more

  When the weather is sweltering hot, you want to ensure that you sleep comfortably at night and stay cool throughout the day when the weather is sultry. That starts with selecting an appropriate air conditioning system. Modern generation air conditioners are more energy-efficient than their predecessors. The former can save you money and keep you cool and for years to come. Therefore opt for them if you are planning to replace or upgrade your cooling system. But where to begin? Choosing the appropriate air conditioning system can seem like an intimidating task. This guide aims to provide ..read more

Welcome to our HVAC discussion website.  You may be visiting from somewhere cold, or somewhere extremely hot.  We will have all the biggest questions answered for you in the near future.  Come back soon after we finish all the quality content for you. The post Welcome appeared first on My Blog ..read more

A few weeks ago, Craig Constantine interviewed me for the Mover’s Mindset podcast. His first question: What was it like to switch from dancing to parenting? This is the first time I’ve spoken plainly and publicly about what drove me away from lindy hop (the original swing dance from the 1930s). I’ve been trying to articulate why I left for the past several years. Part of me feels like I owe an explanation to the community and the readers of Dance World Takeover. But mostly, I just wanted to lay it to rest for myself. The answer is that the gender dynamics in lindy hop became intolera ..read more

I made this video to celebrate two years of training parkour. My initial concept was to create and film lines especially for this video. So much of my training is doing hard challenges and drills. I wanted a reason to create lines that catered to my strengths, made me look and feel good, and to showcase my favorite Seattle locations. YouTube blocked this video due to its audio content. Click here to watch it on Facebook. I chose the song last fall. It’s not the type of music I would generally associate with parkour, so it felt a little risky. But I liked the driving beat and t ..read more

His face appeared mid-news feed, just above an ad for an obstacle course race. Oh no, I thought, he’s running for president again? I stared at the image, unsure what to do. Facebook thought I wanted to see him in my feed, read the reactions to his candidacy redux, maybe share my own thoughts. Facebook guessed wrong. I closed the app. Facebook sucked away countless hours of my life during the 2016 election. I remember compulsive content consumption, heated debates, a morass of questionable information, and after it was all over, the dawning realization that it was mostly a waste of time ..read more

About a year and a half ago, I decided to reboot my blog. Today I’m announcing the redesign of my website. Hurray! Rebeccabrightly.com lived under the name Dance World Takeover for about eight years. Now I’m just writing as me, Rebecca Brightly. Since the thrust of my work is in the same direction, I’ve kept many of the same design elements. I still write about movement and fitness, the social issues around them, and the communities that encompass those disciplines. You can find all my Dance World Takeover content at rebeccabrightly.com/danceworldtakeover, including the fabulous DWT ..read more

I am 17 years old, and my lungs are on fire. The footsteps on the trail behind me grow louder. I fight to stay ahead. Halfway through the race, I desperately want to stop or slow down, but I can’t. Only one more mile to go. Ahead I see a log across the path. Perhaps I can trip over it and feign injury so my suffering will be over. I push hard to pass three people in the final stretch. At the finish line I want to flop onto the ground. I want to puke. Instead I grasp my sides and gulp air like I’ve been drowning. 14 minutes, my fastest two-mile time ever. Still not fast enough for v ..read more

Last month, my friend Bryan sent me this message: “Do you know Messy? Check out her story.” I went to Messy’s Instagram and saw this: “Do not host this guy if he asked,” reads the original message, along with some Chinese at the bottom. “Parkour people plz beware of him. He stole expensive camera, and use other guys [credit card] and so on,” writes Messy in her repost. I felt my adrenaline spike. I didn’t know the whole story–I don’t read Chinese and didn’t know any parkour people from Taiwan at the time. But I knew this guy. His name is Matthew Stephenson, and he’s been s ..read more

“Everyone do two cartwheels. Try to stay on the line in the turf,” said the coach in my freerunning class. Freerunning involves a lot of going upside down while your feet leave the ground. We practice on soft surfaces in the gym before trying flips outdoors on the concrete. Third in the queue, I did my two cartwheels, one on my right side and one on my left. “You’re tilted off center for some reason.” “Hm?” I glanced at the man who had spoken. He had finished his cartwheels just before me. I didn’t recognize him. “Oh, I just noticed you were tilted off center for some reason,” he repeated with ..read more