Clever Cycles

In Peak Crisco, in early July, I noted that oil prices had hit $60 per barrel, with some predicting $80-100 by Winter. It’s now been hovering around $70, a little ahead of schedule.

Peak Oil is now mainstream news, if only as a theory. I have a friend who has tolerated my talk of impending [...]

Last week, I said I’d pick up the last of my necessary parts — that week. But they still weren’t ready for pickup on Friday, nor the following Monday, nor Tuesday. They were ready Wednesday, but I couldn’t reserve a truck until today, Friday.

To make a long story short, today I learned that once [...]