So, gas prices jumped ten cents overnight and I'm sitting on a quarter tank of gas. Last week, it cost me $73 to fill up my truck and it drinks gas like a dehydrated marathon runner drinks water. Now, I'm looking at spending more than $80 to fill it up.

A couple years ago, when gas was creeping up to $2 a gallon, I started riding a bike to work. That lasted about 2 weeks, mostly because my coworkers didn't appreciate me coming in smelling like a sweaty sock. Tonight, I spent an hour online looking at Web sites selling motorized scooters and re-engineered chainsaw engines that can be mounted onto a bicycle. But I know that I'll keep driving to work, because I don't like waking up early enough to walk to work and I have two kids that usually have somewher to go - and I don't like the thought of hauling them on my back while I troll around town on my scooter.

Rumor has it that gas will hit $4 a gallon this summer, and I heard for the first time today a new phrase: Stay-cation. I guess it means that people will stay home this summer instead of traveling across the country for a much-needed vacation. Instead, they'll stay inside their own homes, crank up the AC and find cheaper ways to entertain themselves. Wow, Bush's economic stimulus plan is looking better all the time - to the oil companies.

Anyway, in an effort to serve our readers, we're going to keep an eye out for the cheapest gas prices in town. It'll only be a few cents difference from anywhere else, I imagine, but every cent counts these days, I suppose.