Take my Ice Cream Cone Survey

Fishy Swims to Nashville

Singer-songwriter session with Billy Yates, author of Flowers 

Country Music Hall of Fame

Del McCoury Band at the Grand Ol' Opry. Also saw Jamie O'Neal, Cherryholmes, Lil' Jimmy Dickens

Dancing Saturday night away at the Wildhorse Saloon

Pastor Billy Yates at the Cowboy Church - brother-in-law of Johnny Cash

The big neon jukebox at the Cowboy Church

Up and coming talent at the Bluebird Cafe (where Garth and Kenny got their start)

Friends at MIT Sloan

It'd be a shame if any of these folks, having made the cover of the MIT Sloan employment report, didn't get summer internships.

Daddy Had Oil In His Veins

Cylene is actually the name of a pharmaceutical company. She should be named ExxonMobil or ConocoPhillips. It's amazing how proud some people are of their family heritage in the oil industry. Attending a Peak Oil Conference here in Boston, one petroleum engineer said, "My father was in oil all his life too, and all I have I can thank oil for."

Here's a poem by John Hughes titled Daddy Had Oil In His Veins.

The Low-Down on Mid-Grade Gasoline

So most people know that you're only supposed to fill your automobile up with the fuel grade for which it is designed. That means putting high-octane gasoline in a car with an engine designed for regular octane will not result in any performance improvement for your car whatsoever.

If your regular octane car starts knocking, it might be a good idea to switch up to mid-grade. Is there any problem with switching to mid-grade? Not really, except for the price. Most of the time, the prices at the pump make sense. Since mid-grade is the mid-point octane between regular and premium, the price should also be the mid-point between the two. Every once in a while, you'll see someting like this: