It's getting colder these days.

The air has been spectacularly clean these past few days. I took this photo of Mt. Hood's reflection on the side of the hospital.

The only interesting thing that happened to me today was that I ran out of gas.

My gas tank has been almost empty the past couple of days, but my little onboard automobile computer said I had a couple of gallons left. So, I ran a few errands and on my way home, noticed that my car started to have a little trouble.

1.6 gallons remaining, said the computer.

I thought I'd head towards my favorite gas station, knowing that it was only three miles away, and that I could easily do 30 miles on the freeway. Things went well as I sailed off the offramp, greedily eyeing the gas station only 200 feet away. As I waited for the green light, my engine started to complain and sputter. When the light turned green, my engine turned dead, going into an arrhythmia incompatible with combustion.

Two hundred feet from the freakin' gas station.

So I pulled my trusty portable gas tank from my trunk, trotted over to the gas station, trotted back to my car with a gallon of unleaded gasoline, and poured life into my gas tank.

With the renewed vigor of an elderly gentleman overdosing on Viagra, my engine roared to life, and I was able to finish the final two hundred feet of my quest for unleaded, preservative-free gasoline.

Ironically, when my car had started to sputter, Metallica's "Fuel" started playing in my car. "Gimme fuel, gimme fire, gimme that which I desire..."

I think I desire a more accurate onboard computer.

In other news, stupid Nikon is still holding my camera hostage.

In better news, it's replacement has arrived.

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