night at the ant hill

gasoline

We all know that gasoline costs more in other countries... but how much more? I'd like to compile a list of avg prices on some day in various countries. I'm just amazed that $3/gallon gas in the U.S. causes such panic. Here's one chart I found in an AP article:

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"our godless constitution"

This is a very interesting article that addresses the common assumption that the foundation of our country was implicitly Christian: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050221/allen The thrust of the article is that the 'founding fathers' were at least areligious and most likely anti-religious, commending Christianity only in that it sometimes improved behavior.

so far today

1. cook brunch with ross



- norwegian waffles (with powdered sugar + lemon juice, jam, and/or strawberry yogurt)
- fruit salad (apples, oranges, bananas, blueberries, dried cranberries, mint from the garden)
- coffee, orange juice

2. sand floor and apply penultimate coat of polyurethane



3. now going to check out the bike maintenance workshop on campus