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One cool thing about working at home: today I tanked up my car for the first time since moving to Boulder over three weeks ago… and it wasn’t anywhere near full when we got here.

Still. Gas prices have dropped in recent days, but am I supposed to be grateful? It was $49 to put 15 gallons into my tank.

Interestingly, the price of gas was about $1.46/gallon on January 20, 2001. Just so’s you know. Not that I think that’s all there is to it, of course — things are always complicated. But I do find it interesting.

Before you ask, due to inflation $1.46 had the same buying power in 2001 as $1.71 does today. That’s a lot less than the $3.15 I just paid.

No words. Should’ve… sent a poet.

Update: Some people cannot see the video which should be embedded in the blog post. For those who can’t, this is the video.

Sigh.

I’m pretty good at this stuff — lots of practice — but I don’t see anything like a face that could be taken as Jesus, God, or even anything human. I see several different cartoon faces, but that’s probably not what the churchgoers think they see. I might see a cartoon samurai holding his breath, or maybe the Face of Boe, but that’s it.

This siliness will never end.

I was interviewed on the latest edition of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe and it’s online now. We talked about puddles on Mars, the fate of the Universe, and other mundane things. You can download the MP3 directly, and they have a forum where you can discuss the episode, too.