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“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”


Thursday, April 6, 2006

My Wallet Weeps

Some bad news on the doorstep:

There is more at play than the usual anticipation of increased demand from vacationers. Oil refiners are working through major changes to the composition of gasoline and diesel fuel.

With crude-oil prices already $9 a barrel higher than a year ago, analysts expect the formulation changes will contribute to a fourth consecutive summer of record fuel prices.

In the last month, average gasoline prices in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania suburbs have climbed by 30 cents a gallon, or 13 percent, to $2.60 a gallon, AAA Mid-Atlantic reported yesterday. In South Jersey, the three-day average was $2.42, a gain of 36 cents, or 17 percent.

And here's the scary graph:

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posted by Mary, 3:15 PM

Bitch, Please

I don't normally comment on Ann Cunter--I mean, really, what's the point?--but this stuck out at me, via Sadly, No!:

Meanwhile, they're teaching Marxism in comp lit classes, Islamic terrorism in Indian experience classes, and Druidism in divinity classes.

Aw bitch, now you've done it. You're gonna have a lot of angry Druids cursing that broom you fly.

That jackbooted hack is about as Christian as Pontius Pilate.

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posted by Mary, 10:00 AM

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Pretty Cool

Adventurers detained in Russia after crossing Bering Strait ice

Russian authorities have detained an American and a British citizen in the far east after the pair made a rare crossing by foot of a frozen 56-mile stretch of the Bering Strait, officials said Tuesday.

[snip]

Russian authorities did not identify the two or say when they were arrested.

But one of the adventurers, Briton Karl Bushby, said on his Web site that he and Dimitry Kieffer of Anchorage, Alaska, reached Chukotka province Friday. It took them 15 days to walk the 56 miles from Alaska to Russian territory.

The Web site said Bushby, a 36-year-old former paratrooper, made the crossing as part of a round-the-world walk that began in 1998 at the southern tip of South America.

Dude, walking around the world? Walking across a frozen Bering Strait? OK, man, that'll get you laid, at least by the smart girls.

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posted by Mary, 10:00 AM

Tuesday, April 4, 2006

Some Good News (For Once)

According to this site, Philadelphia is in the top 5 cities that would be able to handle an oil crisis, mainly due to three factors: public transportation (which, frankly, I think could be better), local farms, and community gardens--in other words, our food doesn't have far to travel to get to our plates.

So while life could get hard, if you live in Philly (or very close to it), you'll probably get on easier than if you lived in the far-away suburbs.

Me, I take the train every day. Better than driving and and paying for parking. But I'm lucky, there's a train station for campus.

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posted by Mary, 9:20 AM