Every Tuesday I drive to Pullman for work, and the 90 minutes I spend on the road are the most peaceful minutes of my week. I have time to think about what I want to think about. I kept track. Here are some of the things I thought about:

--There are no right-off-the-highway coffee stands between Spokane and Colfax. Somebody could make a killing.

--Jim Rome (sports radio guy) is an egomaniacal bufoon.

--The best thing about cruise control is that it allows you to scratch your right without slowing down.

--With all these hawks circling and diving in the fields, I'll bet a lot of mice won't be going home tonight.

--I see giant new power poles just south of the Spokane line, and running northwest-southeast... I wonder if it goes all the way to Grand Coulee Dam.

--Colfax is a pretty cool town, but that Codger Pole is a sore subject with me. (Long story)

--I haven't played the Colfax golf course in about 20 years.

--I've seen some nasty crashes on this road.

--I wonder if somebody finally bought that boat that sitting in the field across from the John Deere dealership, or if the owner just gave up after two years.

--Julie takes an awful lot of crap from Dennis

--I wonder if Paul Allen ever ate at the Cougar Country Drive In when he was a W-S-U student.

There's plenty more. But those are some of the highlights.