Just when you think you're getting ahead...

Ahhh Cleveland. Just when you think you're getting ahead (by falling behind) you realize you're still taking the top spots in internet lists. Unfortunately the list I refer to now is The Top Carbon Dioxide Emitting Cities in America - surprising really since the decimation of almost all heavy-industry in the past 30 years here in Cleveland. Guess there's still enough soot rising from our skeleton-crew steel plants, partially mothballed coal-fired power plants, meager manufacturing economy and, oh yea, the 3-million residents who took advantage of Cleveland being "the birthplace of suburbia" and it's ensuing sprawl. Last night I drove my used 2001 Buick Century from my home on the western edge of Cleveland proper to my current lover's home in what used to be a pasture, and has since sprouted homes near the base of the cooling towers of our dear nuclear power plant. My 50-mile journey burned 4 gallons of fuel, took over 45 minutes (at a cruising speed of 65mph) and didn't even result in anything more than a hastily delivered blowjob. Human beings are absolutely nuts. This country and everyone belonging to the generations which have been born since, oh, I'd say the great depression, have been suckered into an unsustainable and rather warped world. All I gotta say is I'm looking forward to 2012.