Bon Voyage

K. is rewarding herself and her splendid performance in the Island half-marathon (shaved 30 minutes off the time, with a fraction of the aches from last year) with a trip to Oahu with her friend Pat. By coincidence, her niece, who also did the halfer, will be there, too. She called last night...said the weather is faboo...but the flight (delayed an hour by the pin-balling repercussions of the East Coast weather confusion) was exhausting. She sounds good. She sounds happy.

Clear skies. Hawaii will do that for ya.
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I haven't made any comments about gas prices lately because, hey, what can you say? My check-points for comparison have gas at $3.17 a gallon for "Regular" (87 octane), which is very high. But one knows it will get higher. Crude oil is at $63.13 today, which is high but not as high as the last time we hit and exceeded the $3.00 mark.

Wait. How will we know it's going to go higher? On the radio the other day, an "industry expert" predicted that for the short term prices will remain high, and then start decreasing "around Memorial Day." Heh. Memorial Day. The traditional beginning of the Summer Season, where it's expected for vacationers to drive more...hence, gasoline prices will go up...not down.

Oh, that's so cynical, the "experts" will wag their fingers.

Yeah. Well, consistency will do that to ya.
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Today's Bumper sticker: "Politics -- Poli (Many) tics (Blood-sucking Creatures)"
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Song in me Head: "All Along the Watchtower" The Jimi Hendrix Experience