I'm so glad that I don't have to put any gasoline into my computer or cable modem to get on the internet. I spend a lot of time using my laptop and I don't think I could afford $56.00 a day to do so. Ah, the magic of electricity. For all I know, the electricity is generated by oil/gas at some point, but that's not my problem. The magic smiley-face twins in the wall get me from dot-com to dot-org to dot-co-dot-you-kay.

My car, unfortunately, isn't quite so lucky. That's one reason why I've been neglecting it the last couple of days. Another reason is because the weather hasn't quite been of the "sulfur and brimstone" variety recently. I walked to work yesterday and this afternoon I rode my house-puma to the supermarket. All he (the puma) requires is seven pounds of kibble and a whole chicken per day and he's good for at least a few hundred miles. That may sound expensive, but it tallies up to a mere $12 a day. That's what a pint of gas costs up here!

Okay, there may have been some hyperbole in the previous paragraph. I either exaggerated the price of gas or the price of feeding Pancho (the aforementioned puma), but not both.

The cost of automated transportation is getting pretty out of hand. I just saw on the news that NYC taxis are thinking about throwing an additional $1.50 or more surcharge on all fares to cover the rising gas prices. It's a good thing, too, because apparently people in NYC were living too richly and eating warm meals five times a week. Oh, the opulence!

Other public transportation in other cities can't be far behind. Taking a bus downtown? That'll be $10! This is a good time to be a student in a college where tuition also pays for unlimited public transportation. I think CMU (speaking of sulfur and brimstone) instituted that policy in my sophomore year. They were never very attentive to their students' needs. I had high-speed internet from day one, sure, but I only enjoyed the "bonus" of hot water in my final semester. Hyperbole again? Nope!

Well, the weekend is upon us, and a long weekend at that. Enjoy it! It's Labor Day on Monday, and if I blog, then at least the "Today is" part's already done. But no guarantees! Until then, I'll be stuck at home watching "Night Court" and playing XBox. Hmm... that's doesn't sound too bad, actually.

You'd think it couldn't get any worse.
You'd be wrong, Colonel Sanders.

Today is "Chair-Sitters" Day! If you sit on a chair at work, live it up! But do it sitting down.