Despite All My Rage

A tough ending to my week of mileage tracking, today I barely topped the 50 mark, a measly 51.4 mpg. The Unhappy totals! The drive home on a Friday afternoon does not do much for the mileage, I can tell you. As for the scientists, they frowned and lowered their heads. The lab was shut down and even the mice were set free in a symbolic gesture of defeat. Rats in a cage, in a maze, we all are, on the Kennedy, 294, the Edens, whatever. Oh, for the days of $2.50 a gallon of gas…