The Republicans are in town this week. I'd love to go into the city and annoy some people, but I'll leave that to Michael Moore...I think I'll just stay as far away from NYC as I can this week. Which unfortunately is not that far since I work right outside of Queens! Thankfully a lot of city residents have decided this is a good week to take a vacation, so traffic hasn't been much worse than usual.

I'm looking for a new (used) car. I'm not going crazy about it, but I would like something a little more reliable than the 1988 LeSabre I'm driving right now. I don't think it'll last the winter, especially if it gets as cold as it did last year. So, I'm hoping to find something small and reliable, good on gas milage, and preferably blue or green. Not that color is that important. I'd love to get a manual transmission, but the wife will be driving it too, so I'll probably settle for an automatic. Or else I'll be teaching her to drive the stick!