ok...something definately something going on here.

~ $ battery-status
~ $ [Jun 23 11:25] 94.4%
battery-status
~ $ [Jun 23 11:30] 94.0%
~ $ battery-status
~ $ [Jun 23 13:19] 68.8%
~ $ battery-status
~ $ [Jun 23 13:45] 58.4%

the only thing that I had open was xterm.
And the only new updates to my system before this was grandcentral dialer and the python launcher.

I wonder if having the contacts applet on my desktop is contributing? Does everyone else use this applet...because I love it . Yet every one that have submited screenshots seem to not have it enabled.