The Stuff

Last week I went on vacation. How did I do it? I drove. I drove over 1300 miles, and got 33 miles to the gallon in my 7 year old Honda Accord. The total gas bill came to $160, which was about $1000 cheaper than what it would have cost to fly (I just priced the trip on an airlines site). Sure, it cost me about 22 hours of drive time, but considering that the last time I flew I waited almost 12 hours in the airport, I think I made the right choice. Plus, you can’t see wacky crap like this from a plane.

So what’s my point(s):

1. There’s no need to stay home on your vacation. That’s bullshit. Staycations are bullshit (unless something totally awesome is happening in your area like a cicada emergence).
2. Driving is cheaper than flying (unless you drive a real gas pig).
3. Yes, gas prices are crazy high, but are you going to wait until it’s $10 per gallon (and you know that’s where it’s headed) and then regret never having driven across country? Don’t complain — you should have seen this coming 8 years ago and invested in Exxon, gold and bullets (the currency of the end times).
4. Global warming is real, but it doesn’t come from cars or Chinese factories, it comes from the fact that distance between the sun and the earth is getting smaller, and it’s a lot less scary for Al Gore to say “it’s Hummers that dos it” than “in 347 years the earth is going to fall into the sun”.

Time to take my sleeping pills! Goodnight!