Thinking about Anthrocon 2006

Anthrocon is going to be bigger now.  June 15th to 18th.  Whoa.  Better price travel there now.  Leave on the 14th, return on the 18th.

Amtrak will do it for $84 total, but it's a nine hour trip with some layover time in Philly.  In essence, I take all day to get there.

Most of the online airline ticketing services will do it faster, for $334 at least, but I have to have a layover in Chicago... which doesn't quite make sence.  Why overshoot your destination only to backtrack?  For $461, I get to layover in Atlanta, GA. $525, Cleveland.  Only if I book a flight w/United Airlines and toss 'em $538 do I get a direct flight from BWI to Pittsburg.

Ugh.  Ether way, I got to start saving the cash. $84 for the tickets. $110/night for room, or $550 total, unless I can room with someone and split the costs.  $40 for registration.

I can safely say I need a thousand dollars to go to Anthrocon.

Beer as gas?

This actually came over Fox, but apparently it's all over everwhere.  It turns out the Coors Brewing company is making ethanol from waste made from brewing beer. This ethanol is then put into gasoline, reducing it's usage and keeping engines clean.

So I ask my gearhead father, can a regular engine run on ethanol?

His answer?  Yes.  Just change the injectors out, because I'll need 30% more ethanol.

I'll drink to that!