Gas prices are on the rise. $2.55 is the average price where I am. Some people have decided that public transportation is the best way for them to travel. There have been news stories about the buses in this area being packed. They obviously think this is due to the inflated fuel cost. I have another theory.

I think the cars are out to get us. A couple of weeks ago my wife was driving in a parking lot. She has been telling me how much she doesn’t like those Honda Elements. She has said they are ugly. Well, There was one behind her and as she came to a stop sign the revengeful Honda shouldered her from behind. The car purposefuly bent our bumper. The other day we had it fixed and my wife picked it up yesterday. Later that day we found a nail stuck in one of our tires and had to get it replaced this morning. I am convinced that another Honda Element placed it in our path or threw it at us. I know I’m on to something because why else would so many people stop driving their cars. They know cars are plotting to kill us all! The cost of gas isn’t enough to stop that many people.

Pay attention when you’re watching the news and see how many acts of violence you see caused by the cars. We think we’re in control but we’re not. Frankly I’m afraid to go outside anymore. Let me publicly apologize in behalf of my wife to all Honda Elements. You’re not ugly. You are very unique. Please forgive her she didn’t mean any harm.

Here it is. Oooo Aaaaah!

Do you ever read a newspaper and skip over several boring articles and advertisments? What if you could know the lastest scoop on things that interest you without having to look for it. They come to you. I was reading a post about how everyone should use Google Alerts. I started doing it and it is pretty helpful. I made an alert for my hometown, school, political party, favorite bands, companies that I’m interested in, my religion, my favorite sports teams and athletes, even myself. Anytime google’s webcrawler finds a new article on any of my alerts it emails me a link to the article. Some of them are web alerts and whenever a new site makes it into the top 20 for that search I’m sent a link to the new site. The guy that told me about it said he has about 250 alerts and he has them sent to his blackberry so he is always ‘updated and in the know’. You can have them sent daily or weekly, you choose for each alert. I must say it is pretty neat. Some of my alerts that are in the news a lot get annoying so I think I’ll delete those. Gmail is nice though to because I can tag all emails from Google Alerts and file them away for when I feel like reading them.

In other news; I got a new digital camera yesterday for my birthday. I asked my wife if I could get one and after convincing her that the vacation time that I didn’t take this summer would pay for it she said it was okay. The camera is awesome! It is a Canon Powershot S2 IS. It takes great pictures and video. I like the lcd screen that can be stored away when not in use. I’ll post a picture of one and you’ll all be jealous. I figure with a baby on the way we need a good camera to take billions of pictures. I plan to make photography a hobbie and maybe one day do engagement pictures or family pictures on the side, who knows.

Big news for us. We’re having a baby! The due date is late March and we’re excited/nervous to be parents.

I just read an article obout tiny flexible solar panels. This is the second summer that I have lived in Arizona. Arizona has to be one of the hottest places on earth. The area is called the valley of the sun. I live in a one-bedroom apartment and our AC has trouble keeping the apartment at 79 degrees. Our electric bill is HUGE, especially for such a small living space. I get thinking sometimes, there has got to be a better/cheaper way to keep cool. I decided that if I’m going to live here for a long time I’m going to find a way to save some money on the electric bills. I thought, why don’t I invest in the developement of better solar panels. I know the power plants around here use solar panels but they’re huge and I could never have my own. I mean really, the sun is shining non-stop here there are a handful of rainy days. Heat and Light = Energy. Well, somebody needs to capitalize on all this energy. I have access to the sun just as much as the Electric Company does so I think I should use it myself to power my appliances. I really am going to take a look at nano-solar technology and see if I can’t invest in it to make more solar power more commonplace. You name it, it will be solar powered.