Was actually Earth 48 minutes (hey, hourlong TV shows are about 45 minutes...) but we cheated with battery-powered flashlights/torches and candles and battery-powered radio. We figured the radio host knew it was Earth Hour because she put on garbage lounge muzak for most of that hour (The Three Suns, for example).

The males were game to participate. We even shut down our PCs. When I rebooted the next morning I had three major software updates awaiting... But anyway, we had fun with the flashlights and talking, and goofing around making shadows on the walls, acting as law enforcement officers (Drinking/Driving Counterattack) interrogating the cats: "Ma'am? How many ounces of catnip did you have this evening?" Then we playacted some Kids in the Hall sketches. The boy became very animated, and I understand this: I remember being excited in a good way by power outages at his age. At 9:00:10 pm the spouse flicked the lights on.