Gas is between about $1.75 and $1.85 around Boston. Katie and I went to a wedding on Long Island last weekend, and prices were kissing $2.00 for the low octane stuff. These days, I’m pretty psyched that my ancient SUV isn’t working, because I couldn’t afford to drive it around. My ’89 Jeep gets the same mileage out of it’s 18 gallon tank as Katie’s 10 gallon Accord. Maybe it’s time to retire the beast…

Anyway, has anyone ever been out to Long Island? That place is a hell hole. Traffic was a severe bitch, and everything required a trip on some parkway, expressway, or four-lane super street. The only good thing was that our hotel was 10 miuntes from the Hicksville IKEA, and just further down the road, I had my first Krispy Kreme doughnut. DAMN! Those things are definitely worth the hype. Katie told me that the first time her sister had one, she ate an entire dozen. Then she puked. I kept my numbers down accordingly…