It's time for me to complain about gas prices again. The other day, I put $15 worth of gas in my car and got a whopping 5 gallons worth of gas. That is just sad.
I've said it before and I'll say it again--we SHOULD HAVE learned from the gas "crisis" in the 1970's! The fact that companies are still making, and people are still buying, vehicles like Humvees says a lot about our power of denial. Why in the world would anyone *need* to buy such a vehicle? Why are we still *making* vehicles like this and not making vehicles that run on something other than gasoline?
Having said that, though, I have little faith that when we do come up with an "affordable" alternative power source, the price of that power source won't quickly become as unaffordable as gasoline is today.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Obligatory gas price post
It's time for me to complain about gas prices again. The other day, I put $15 worth of gas in my car and got a whopping 5 gallons worth of gas. That is just sad.
I've said it before and I'll say it again--we SHOULD HAVE learned from the gas "crisis" in the 1970's! The fact that companies are still making, and people are still buying, vehicles like Humvees says a lot about our power of denial. Why in the world would anyone *need* to buy such a vehicle? Why are we still *making* vehicles like this and not making vehicles that run on something other than gasoline?
Having said that, though, I have little faith that when we do come up with an "affordable" alternative power source, the price of that power source won't quickly become as unaffordable as gasoline is today.
I've said it before and I'll say it again--we SHOULD HAVE learned from the gas "crisis" in the 1970's! The fact that companies are still making, and people are still buying, vehicles like Humvees says a lot about our power of denial. Why in the world would anyone *need* to buy such a vehicle? Why are we still *making* vehicles like this and not making vehicles that run on something other than gasoline?
Having said that, though, I have little faith that when we do come up with an "affordable" alternative power source, the price of that power source won't quickly become as unaffordable as gasoline is today.
Random spring thoughts
It's a beautiful spring day. It is a day for fulfilling one of my long held dreams--to take a restful nap outside. Spring is the time to do these kinds of things. I wanted to blog about how beautiful it is outside, when I realized that I feel a bit...dishonest in not being able to show you actual pictures from the actual outside at this very moment.
I think I should perhaps, upgrade my cell phone, which currently is a very basic model, to include a camera and learn how to upload pictures to my blog. Being someone who shrinks from change, though, I hesitate. I've had this phone so long, that they probably owe me 2 or 3 upgrades by now. Plus, I would like a phone that would not cause me undue anxiety in learning to use it. After all, I am closer to 50 now than I am to 40.
I think I should perhaps, upgrade my cell phone, which currently is a very basic model, to include a camera and learn how to upload pictures to my blog. Being someone who shrinks from change, though, I hesitate. I've had this phone so long, that they probably owe me 2 or 3 upgrades by now. Plus, I would like a phone that would not cause me undue anxiety in learning to use it. After all, I am closer to 50 now than I am to 40.
Random spring thoughts
It's a beautiful spring day. It is a day for fulfilling one of my long held dreams--to take a restful nap outside. Spring is the time to do these kinds of things. I wanted to blog about how beautiful it is outside, when I realized that I feel a bit...dishonest in not being able to show you actual pictures from the actual outside at this very moment.
I think I should perhaps, upgrade my cell phone, which currently is a very basic model, to include a camera and learn how to upload pictures to my blog. Being someone who shrinks from change, though, I hesitate. I've had this phone so long, that they probably owe me 2 or 3 upgrades by now. Plus, I would like a phone that would not cause me undue anxiety in learning to use it. After all, I am closer to 50 now than I am to 40.
I think I should perhaps, upgrade my cell phone, which currently is a very basic model, to include a camera and learn how to upload pictures to my blog. Being someone who shrinks from change, though, I hesitate. I've had this phone so long, that they probably owe me 2 or 3 upgrades by now. Plus, I would like a phone that would not cause me undue anxiety in learning to use it. After all, I am closer to 50 now than I am to 40.
Monday, May 7, 2007
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