The local radio station is asking if you would know what to do if there's a terrorist incident on BART. We'll ignore the fact that BART doesn't run in my neighborhood. The correct answer - stay calm and listen. Some interviewees found the printed safety instructions confusing. Don't worry about that, we're told - the drivers have been trained what to do and will take care of you. Now I'm worried. I've been on BART before. The drivers aren't known for communication skills and/or leadership. They don't seem to understand English or even sign language for that matter. They took the job because their cousin didn't want 'em working at his seven-eleven. Push the green button, the train goes. Push the red button, the train stops. Refer all questions to the station manager.

Some idiot is proposing changing time again. To be specific, change the date that daylight savings starts and ends by a week or two. Claims it'll save a few barrels of oil. It's a lousy idea for everybody but software designers. For them it means jobs. Lots of jobs. Every major software product has its own daylight savings library that somebody wrote years ago, and they fired that person in 2001. Nobody else understands the code. First you need somebody to figure out how to change it, and then three or four people to test it. You'll use two of those testers just on Australia. It's a boon for the industry as well. You'll need a new operating system. You'll need upgrades for most of your apps.

What is going on in China? Suddenly and without warning, they start using less global oil. It's only one percent less, but that's a lot of oil. That'll save them a ton of money. Then - also without warning, they decide to free up the Yaun and not artifically value it any longer by buying up US dollars with all their excess cash. Hmmm. You don't care? Oh, but you will... long-term interest rates - going up. Price of real estate - going down. Cost of imported merchandise - going up. Value of dollar, wages, etc. - going down. Price of oil - one word - 'volatile'. By now you know that 'volatile' oil prices basically means that at the gas pump they'll keep going up indefinitely.