diff --git a/home/-shrc b/home/-shrc
index bcac9d4..d03091c 100644
--- a/home/-shrc
+++ b/home/-shrc
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ ADDPATH "$HOME/opt/local/bin"
 # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1380084
 export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=0
 
+# https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2017/02/21/set-environment-variable-save-thousands-of-system-calls/
+# i haven't checked if this makes any difference personally, but may as well, eh?
+export TZ=':/etc/localtime'
+
 ify() {
     [ $# -ge 2 ] || return
     local ex=$1
diff --git a/home/zshrc b/home/zshrc
index a6b9e02..0caa323 100644
--- a/home/zshrc
+++ b/home/zshrc
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ for x in arith hex curl fc find ftp history let locate rsync scp sftp wget twitc
     alias $x="noglob $x"
 unset x
 
-alias sc="~/sh/sc"
+alias sc="~/sh/sc" # only runs in bash (for now), so be explicit with path
+alias pl="print -l" # not in -shrc because this only makes sense with zsh
 
 if [[ "$TERM" = xterm* ]]; then
     precmd() { print -Pn "\e]2;%M: %~\a" }