obligatory oil prices rant

People on the news and government spokesmen talk about how the price of oil is out of control. BULLSHIT. The price of oil is NOT out of control. They act as if the price comes and goes like the tides or hurricanes or blizzards and there's nothing anyone can do about it. There are people sitting in offices somewhere making conscious decisions about the price will be on any given day. The oil companies have Congress under their control and have "convinced" them that they are powerless to control their record profits.

  I am a believer in capitalism. I believe it is everyone's right to make money to survive and live comfortably. I also believe that a segment that the entire economy is built on has the responsibility to do what they can to make sure the economy doesn't crumble. I'm not saying they should drop gas prices to 50 cents per gallon, but I think they have made enough profit in a single quarter to last them the rest of the year. They should sell gas at-cost for a while until things can recover.  OR they should get off their asses and start building more refineries. I realize there is always a NIMBY factor but damn! I'll let them build a refinery in my back yard if it will mean I can afford to drive to work every day.

  The government also needs to crack the whip on the Saudis. Didn't we do them a couple favors over the past few years by getting rid of Saddam? They owe us big.

Wedding mosaic

Wedding mosaic
Originally uploaded by mcclint

Our 1 year wedding anniversary came and went. We ate dinner at Ruth's Chris steakhouse. Not bad. Since the traditional gift for the first year is paper, I made a photomosaic of one of our wedding photos out of thousands of pictures taken over the past year. I also got her an arrangement of flowers that were pretty close (but not exact) to her bridal flowers.

catching up

OK it's been a while. I know. It's just been a weird winter. Been busy with lots of work and doing things around the house. But I think there was also a bit of the Winter BLAHs. I haven't been motivated to do much of anything lately, but with Spring finally here and the weather getting better, so I'm sure that will help things.