I think only Asheville is running out of gas. The pipeline from Spartanburg cut us off, so no more oily, stinky heroin coming our way for something like 6 days. Martha says Chapel Hill is still fine. The mayor told all the city workers to stay home if they could. Everyone I work with drives a behemoth, and lives 20 minutes away. I should roll in on my bike tomorrow and sneer at them. Chasen has a Civic, but he lives 45 minutes away, so I think that cancels it out. I could take the bus. I’d have to be at the stop at 6:10, which means I needed to go to bed three hours ago. It’s odd that the bus website doesn’t tell you how much the bus costs.

I’m too chicken to ride my bike to work. And I have to say that everyone I talk about it with agrees with me. Patton Ave is not to be trifled with. At 7 am, no problems, but at 6 pm, when I have to make my way home again, ain’t nobody stopping to worry about an out of shape lezbo falling down in the road. And the alternate route on Sulphur Springs is full of blind curves. And I’m a big chicken. Did I mention that part?