My dreaming self left a note for my awake self last night.

Apparently I dreamt that during the restorative process for Joseph Severn's Rhode Island house, the house burned down. It was a travesty which left many, including myself, upset. I, of course, did the obvious thing - speed off in my forest green BMW. I don't know the model but it drove amazingly well.

Yikes! I was only kidding when I said I wished gas prices would get back down to $1.32. But with $1.65 at Stop & Shop in NB, it's getting pretty close and pretty crazy.


I heard on the news last night that the heads of GM, Chrysler and Ford would be driving to Congress next time to ask for a bailout rather than take their own private jets. Nancy Pelosi has said, “We want to see a commitment to the future. We want to see a restructuring of the approach, that they have a new business model, a new business plan. There has to be compensation reform.” And indeed there does. There also has to be checks and balances on this restructuring. Will this fall on the companies' board of directors?

Frak. I don't know how I feel about this. I realize how devastating it would be for these companies & the American auto industry if they did not get this bailout. At the same time, their previous business ethics and practices are not ones I would reward. And I realize the bailout is not a "reward" but hell.

I'm not bummed that GM says it plans to eliminate Hummers. (It's fracking about time). But I am bummed about GM's plans to eliminate Saturn. I've owned two now. They have been very good cars to me and I am currently averaging 38mpg. Time will tell. Meanwhile, I can't help wonder who will be the next to travel to Washington to ask for some money.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how much of a dork would I be if I brought a chapter on confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis to the pub and read it while drinking a beer?