Only had to mooch just under a grand to do it. Still driving a piece of junk, but I'm mobile, for what it's worth. It's situations like this that really illustrate how a very large section of our society is centered around the automobile. In view of that the returning rise in gas prices is concerning. Societies facing hardship tend to slough off ( Read more... )

I haven't gotten a good night's sleep in three days. Monday night I was shaking not from cold or an adrenalin rush, but from fear. I've never been so scared and despairing in my life. I fear for myself, my family, my friends and for the world itself ( Read more... )