Category: Miscellanea

  • $4 Gasoline – Coming Soon, to a Pump Near You

    I’ve been saying for years, now, that $4/gallon gasoline is an inevitability in the United States. Between the fragility of global oil production, the popularity of gas-guzzlers and the fondness of legislators of tacking on all sorts of gas taxes, it is bound to happen. Well, it looks like it’s happening a few months earlier…

  • Update

    I apologize for the infrequent posting, of late. I have plenty to talk about, but little time for it, since I am packing frantically for a move to Chicago in only a week’s time. Stay tuned! I assure you, I will pick it back up.

  • Earthquake!

    There was just a magnitude 3.8 earthquake, about 20-25 miles from my parents’ home. Map for US10/32.42.-90.-80.html. I didn’t feel it, but my parents both freaked out. I think it was while I was walking around and fidgeting with a spare key, so I somehow missed it. Huh.

  • Thought of the Day

    A classic, but true: If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself – even if you’re the one that botched things up in the first place! I can’t comment on the reason that’s the thought of the day, but it fits.

  • This Weekend

    I spent the weekend (Friday through this morning) visiting my sister and brother-in-law. The weekend was lots of fun. I caught up with my good friends Brooke and Sarah (whom I’ve known probably longer than anyone else my age) and finally met some of my sister’s friends I knew only in name. The most interesting…