sky is falling.

the buzz at 7:30am this morning in the office are the rising gas prices. rising as fast as the water in new orleans. people are starting to freak out because now it will cost $2 more per tank of gas than it did last week. the concern i have are the downstream price increases that are inevitable. every step in the supply chain will have to adapt which will have a bigger impact than what we pay at the pump. gas prices may go down (not any time soon though) but once goods and services prices go up, they are unlikely to return to there original amount.

but, i guess this has to happen sometime. we've built a society squarely over a foundation of automobile transportation and now it's time to pay the piper. lets get it over with. eat your heart out hummer owners.

the cross bike/commuter is looking more and more appealing.

in other news: i ended up around 2.5hrs last night on the mtb. not bad. we rode to blue mounds on the military ridge trail and then did a short loop on the mounds. then obviously back home. it was a beautiful night and it was good to ride with ron again.