Very Local News

• Even though gas prices have come down in both the U. S. and the U. K. causing a long term drop in demand. The level of demand drop will take a long time to come back if ever. The only people complaining are the oil companies and green projects. I've said it before, OPEC found the limit. Western Civilization will change its consumption habits when the price is high enough.
• Holiday travel is expected to drop this year. Duh!
• It takes 17 gallons per mile to paint the yellow lines on the road. It is very special paint that you cannot just buy at Home Depot. Each line has glass embedded in it that causes that sort of glow from the headlights. Those lines are 10 feet long.
• There is some proof that living well and healthy actually overrides some genetic factors that cause bad things like cancer. Even if you have a family history of bad things, it is still worth eating properly and getting some exorcise.
• Extremely loud speakers destroy even titanium hinges and mounting brackets given enough exposure.
• For the longest time, if you went to Google and typed in "just kelly" with no quotes, this blog popped up. These days are over. It still works if you use quotes. Not for long I bet. I'm just not important or popular enough to draw that kind of attention.
• I don't need all the answers, just the right ones.
• Pretty soon you will be able to order pizza from your TiVo. Right now you can track your pizza online with one of the companies. Yee-gads.
• Even with $50 a barrel oil, the economy is trying very hard to tank. There is plenty of potential to survive this stress time. There is plenty of opportunity for people in charge to screw it up.
• You have to admit, the auto industry executives all flying in on corporate jets looks ridiculous. Someone estimated three million jobs are on the line. Someone estimated a worse case scenario of 9% unemployment if the big three all tank quickly.
• Nat brought up some lunch today. Quiznose. It nearly killed me. I was already sleepy most of the morning. After eating a big sandwich with my sweetie, I had to use band aids to hold my eyelids open.
• I heard an interesting quote on the podcasts today. It stuck with me. "Bill Clinton could be elected Pope in New York State." That scares the hell out of me. There has got to be a way to throw New York out of the Union. I need to start googling around.
• 8 Trillion dollars worth of losses in the stock market over all.
• The Democrats want Bush to start handing out money before he leaves office. That way the bill shows up on his tab. Why not? People love to hate him already.
• The Democrats say that the best recovery plan will be 50% money, 50% symbolic, 50% past, 50% future, 50% Christmas, 50% bipartisan, 50% politics, 50% new cars, 50% gas prices, and 50% consumer spending for a grand total of 500% of the current bail out price tag. Well, that's what I heard.
• Odometer fraud (rolling back) is up 259% in Texas. With cheap new cars, used car buyers must be on their toes. Carfax.com might save you a couple tons of lemon.