[cercis]

But a toaster or a hair dryer - they can't possibly be drawing passive electricity. Unless it's a fancy toaster or something. A microwave without the clock, etc shouldn't draw any passive electricity either.

Electronics with "pre-on", yes. If your TV resets the channels everytime you lose power, then it's drawing electricity while off. Things with clocks - clearly drawing power. Most small appliances, though, don't draw passive electricity. You can buy a device (WATThound or something like that) to check to see how much power an appliance is drawing (just plug the appliance into the device and the device into the wall). This works to check your fridge, freezer, microwave (at rest and at work) etc.

In other news, I gave away my incandescent bulbs. One of my co-workers is working parttime and for practically minimum wage (she has no college degree) so I explained the situation and asked her if she could use them. She was sooo happy to get them, her grandparents are helping her out with renting a new house and there were no bulbs at all.