Mystery Gas
Posted on | February 18, 2009 at 8:12 pm | 4 Comments
Yeah, yeah, I’m still not blogging too regularly these days. Lots of other things to keep me busy. Major life and household changes are a-comin’, which I’m preparing for. New project at work has left me somewhat exhausted. Trying to fit time in at the gym. It’s tax season, and I have to do my Dad’s taxes as well as my own. I was working on that tonight. Plus, there’s this damn cut on my fingertip that makes it hard to type. It’s not that I don’t have things to talk about. I have enough mentally composed posts for a couple of weeks worth of daily entries. I’ve even got a bit of a story to tell about my major phobia. I just don’t have the time or energy to type anything up.
But one thing I wanted to mention today was that a new gas station mysteriously opened up in my neighborhood a week or two ago. It’s on a site that used to be a Conoco station, but now it’s a Gas Express. The bizarre thing about it is that ever since it opened, the price has stayed steady at $1.59/gallon for regular unleaded. That’s at least 20 cents a gallon cheaper than most of the stations in the area. It’s even cheaper than Safeway gas with the 10 cent discount. In fact, if you go to denvergasprices.com, there’s no station listed that has prices that low (the lowest there right now is $1.65). I guess this station is too new to be listed on the site. Not surprisingly, the place is always super crowded even though it’s not really on a main drag. How can they afford to do this? Is it some grand opening special? How long will it last? Is it special gas that is extracted from the bones of deceased people in an underhanded deal with the local funeral home? And if one station can afford to sell gas that cheap, why can’t they all? I want to know.
Latre.
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Exercising Since Last Bog Update:
- “Finding Solutions” (Heartless Bastards)
- “Everybody Needs Love” (Robyn Hitchcock)
- “Wasting Time” (Shake Some Action!)
- “When the Generals Talk” (Midnight Oil)
- “Andy’s Babies” (Lloyd Cole)
- “Goodbye” (Brad Jones)
- “Judy” (Pernice Brothers)
- “Soma” (The Strokes)
- “Gold Into Straw” (Brendan Benson)
- “Eighth-Grade Summer Romance” (Action Action)
- “Candy Wrapper” (The Makes Nice)
- “Right Here” (The Go-Betweens)
- “Spinning Dizzy On The Dial” (Bill Nelson)
- “Mutiny, I Promise You” (The New Pornographers)
- “Circlin’” (The Connells)
- “Thank You Very Much” (Kaiser Chiefs)
- “Girl” (Beck)
- “Petulant” (Shriekback)
- “You Keep It All In” (The Beautiful South)
- “Public Service Announcement” (The Bravery)
- “The Night Chicago Died Again” (The Minus 5)
- “Them & Me” (Brendan Benson)
- “Read About It” (Midnight Oil)
- “Digital Noise” (Vinyl Devotion)
- “Soldier” (Classix Nouveaux)
- “Wake Up” (Velvet Crush)
- “Open Book” (Mates Of State)
- “The Girl Became the Stairs” (The Heart Throbs)
- “Let’s Make Some Plans” (Close Lobsters)
- “Out There on the Moon” (The Minus 5)
- “Suffer For Fashion” (Of Montreal)
- “The Mayor of Simpleton” (XTC)
- “Youth Worshipper” (The Church)
Pet Peeve of the Day: Across the board salary cuts.
Poignant Search Term Of The Day That Led To This Blog: “man in the moon phobias”.
Videogame(s) Played Since Last Blog Update: I don’t think I’ve played any lately – no time.
Comments
4 Responses to “Mystery Gas”
February 19th, 2009 @ 2:18 am
I’m now writing daily at my new job, not quite a blog (but then I’ve kept a private “blog” since ‘94 anyway) but writing to an audience for a change. So I guess the wheel turns, or something…
Why don’t you post a quick list of blog topics, and let us vote on which one to do first? Interactivity is the key to building a community of readers!
February 19th, 2009 @ 12:45 pm
I won’t post the proposed topics, but here’s some of the post titles. Vote away.
An Incomplete Guide To Kayaking: Part 8
Why Is My Website So Slow?
Crunchy Grapes
My Big Right Toe Hurts When I Stretch It
Carpe Diaz
Has Joss Whedon Lost His Sense Of Humor?
Secret Easter Bunny
The inPhonite Migration: When One Fart App Isn’t Enough
The Jonas Brothers Can Out-Act Alec Baldwin
Sleeping With The Devil: Sofa Bed Mattresses
The Curious Case of Coraline’s Buttons
Facebook Or Bust
Don’t Fly To Guam
Treat Day
Neil Young At Heart
February 24th, 2009 @ 8:46 pm
My vote is for Joss Whedon, Facebook and Guam. Soon please, the people are waiting.
February 25th, 2009 @ 3:24 pm
I’ll try to post something soon. Been getting slammed in all aspects of life lately (even moreso since I wrote the above post), so sleep is winning over blog posting.