In no particular order

• Today I paid over $22 for a half a tank of gas. No, I don't drive a SUV. Yes, I am stunned. No, I'm not thrilled. Yes, I will be riding my bike more. No, I don't want to be reminded of how much more expensive gas is in Europe, but thank you anyway.


• Speaking of motor vehicles, I give Athens a big thumbs down as for being bike-friendly. I've ridden my bike to work and Dr. appointments a few times, and each time I've had someone almost hit my air-latent body by their metal-latent !@*%*^!$ (rear-ends). Then to add to my outrage, my friend Emily was actually hit by a car the other day, and knocked off her bike! She's bruised, but alive. If I knew who it was, I'd beat the bloody hell out of their car with my bike. It would be so worth it too. Do you think I would be able to eBay my bike for 10 million dollars as well? Yes, bike road rage does exist. Be VERY afraid.


• I have only one bottle of wine left from my December visit to Europe. I think it's time to go back...


• Although I have several (too embarrassed to admit the actual amount of wine I actually bought) bottles of wine from Napa Valley when Jonathan and I finally made it to San Fran.


• San Fran was grand. I will blog about that eventually, especially about the rabbit. Oh, and I thought Seattle had a huge Asian population...San Francisco was quick to correct me on that. It was definitely a Bugs Bunny dug too far moment whenever I bothered opening my eyes.


• Asia - is anyone as concerned about the bird flu as me? It is rapidly making its way around Asia. Asia is a HUGE chunk of land. I cannot imagine how quickly the virus would travel over North America. Just In case you were depending on the United States government for vaccination, think again. Tamiflu, the only known medication to battle the Avian Flu, is in much demand, and we don't have enough doses for even a quarter of our population.


• October is the month for weddings. Jonathan and I are attending several. We're actually going to miss one due to a conflict with another. Weddings are an odd thing. I find them to be the ultimate psychological study...venue, music, flowers, dress, suits, readings...who needs Myers-Briggs when you can sum of two people in about two hours, food and drinks included. I would be interested in seeing the guy at his wedding. I took this photo at Golden Gate Park.