kid, you've paid your dues

i heard on the radio this morning that gas was $1.50/gallon at the start of the bush administration. while it would be easy to blame the current regime's ties to the oil industry, i won't. i will say that there is a silver lining to the ever expanding cost of gas per gallon...and that is that people are finally starting to utilize mass transit. you can preach sustainability and ecological impact until you are blue in the face, but until you place the cross hairs on america's pocket books, people will continue to buy and drive gas guzzling suvs and minivans and use them to drive to and fro regardless of how much space they really need.

admittedly, we have looked at suv's as a next car. i'm reconsidering...not because of the price of gas to my wallet, but because of what the over consumption will ultimately cost the planet.

1:45 of human powered joy last night. i even dropped a guy at quarry ridge who tried to latch onto my wheel. i haven't done that in a couple of years... i went to bed exhausted and as i drifted to sleep i remembered i hadn't registered for this week's tilt in lake geneva. now i am.

and with that, it is time to work.

happy tuesday.