Thanks, GW!

When George Bush entered office, gas was $1.42 a gallon.

Now it's pushing $4.00...

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

Four things...

Four films I could watch over and over:

• A Walk in the Clouds
• In Harm' Way
• White Christmas
• The Philadephia Story (1940)

Four places I've lived:

• Ames, Iowa - where I went to school and had the most intense emotions of my life
• Denver, Colorado - where my soul is most at peace
• Dodge City, Kansas - where I was born...I don't remember much about it, but when you mention you were born in Dodge City, people go, "Dodge City! Cool!"
• Johnson County, Kansas - home of self-adsorbed soccer moms.
  

Four favorite foods:

• Pizza - any kind, any time
• Chicken Massaman - Thai dish with potatoes and creamy peanut sauce
• Dutch Letters from Pella, Iowa
• Crock Pot Roast with veggies
  

Four websites I visit every day:

• New York Times
• Sailnet
• 43 Folders
• Zenhabits
  

Four favorite colors:

• Primary color red
• Primary color yellow
• Flat black
• Burnt Sienna - from the 64 crayon box
  

Four places I would love to be right now:

• Hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park
  
• On the beach at Playa del Carmen
• Times Square, New York City
• The YMCA trails in Ames
  

Four names I love but would/could not use for my children:

• Larry "Bud" Melman
• Dirk Diggler
• Leon
• Frodo Baggins

Heard on NPR...

Monogamy may be boring, but

the alternatives take too much time and energy.

The meditation word for today is...monogamy.

An oldie but a goodie...

Two atoms are walking down the road.

The first atom says to the second, "Dang! I think I've lost and electron!"

"Are you sure?" asks the second.

"Yes," says the first, "I'm positive!"