This past spring my wife and my self took a trip to dallas, and visited the art museums. Great Matisse exhibit by the way. While we were driving around town we saw what looked like a pastry shop. Except for the sign in the window that said Sushi & Donuts.

Brain, looks like someone might be running with your idea.

We didn’t stop, we couldn’t bring ourselves to even try it. But we still laugh about it.

Brian — Sounds like you actually had your son try sushi once. I can imagine it didn’t go over too well. Hey, I just had an idea — you mentioned happy meals, well what if there was a sushi restaurant that offered Kid Sushi options. I dunno — chicken nuggets, french fries, even mac & cheese rolls all in chop-stick edible sushi form.

Any investors willing to back me on this?

Meanwhile we recently got a 500GB WD MyBook drive to backup my wife’s iMac.

On the topic of oil, I have to disagree with the idea of releasing the strategic reserves. They are there for and emergency. $4+/gal gas is not an emergency. It sucks, it’s an inconvenience to some and a burden to others, but it’s not an emergency. Our gas finally hit a minimum of $4 in my neighborhood and I’m feeling the crunch. The jump from $30/week to over $45 has been a big one for my tight budget. However all these short-term fixes aren’t going to do it.

The fix is already starting, GM announced drops of 40% in Hummer sales and 20% in truck sales. Trucks and SUVs are being dumped like a bad habit all over the country. The biggest advertising point for a car these days is the magical MPG number. Oil consumption is down over last year. THAT is the real, long-term fix.