On a night like this

[cyrano]

Random facts post--mostly to assemble them in one place for me.

Mix discs proceed apace.
Ten Inches the Hard Way (NIN): 45 minutes
And Sometimes 'Y' (Sarah Vowell): 25 minutes
Everybody Comes to Rick's (Ar Noir): 47 minutes
Jonathan Wallace--BAA: 36 minutes
Poison From the Cure: 60 minutes
Prince in a Can: 46 minutes
Keeping Up With the Smiths: 40 minutes
Songs to Be Arrested by in a Taxicab on the Way to the Airport: 15 minutes
U2's W4 (needs a cooler name): 41 minutes

Driving statistics:
70 MPH==31 MPG
Avg time to/from work*: 21.6 minutes
Avg cost to/from work**: $2.62
80 MPH==27 MPG
Avg time to/from work*: 18.6 minutes
Avg cost to/from work**: $3.01

*Assumes constant speed, even off freeway. Not true but I'm not interested in calculating how long I'm off the freeway in a 35 zone, how long in a 25 zone, and where on the freeway I am unlikely to be at stated speed.
**Assumes $3.25 a gallon, which earlier was too low and lately is too high.