Newspaper Inteview

Our newspaper interview was tonight so I raced home from work to clean the house while simultaneously attempting to wolf down a piece of pizza for dinner. As I'm hiding various odds and ends behind closet doors I imagine the reporter titling her article "Greasecar Leads to Filthy Home" or "Couple Focuses on Car while Mold Grows". By the time Debe arrived around 7:00 the living room and kitchen were presentable, as long as no doors were opened, and we sat down to a nice conversation. Being minor zealots Craig and I had no problems detailing the reasons for our decision or the resulting benefits. Debe taped the interview while taking notes and asking all the pertinent questions. After an hour or so we took her to the garage so she could view the fuel station Craig created and smell our rather odorless exhaust. Shortly after she left Craig informed me that there was something BLACK on my tooth. Turns out a piece of mushroom from the pizza I inhaled landed on my front tooth where it was plainly visible for all to see, although my adorable spouse didn't notice it until after the reporter left our house. So now I'm envisioning a headline reading "Burning Grease Leads to Rotten Teeth".

It turns out that our story is being published in the Indiana Weekly which is a supplement to the Louisville Courier Journal, with a circulation somewhat larger than I anticipated. Our article is scheduled for the September 12th edition so mark the date on your calendars!

Buying Diesel

Our grease mobile still has the original diesel tank and runs on "normal" fuel for the first 5-10 minutes after ignition. The last time we purchased diesel fuel was on July 21, more than 2,000 miles ago. Today while he was out buying new tires, Craig did me a favor and filled up the diesel tank. In very short time, I've become unaccustomed to paying for fuel, avoiding the task as much as possible. Before the grease mobile, I filled up my car at least once a week but now that the custom has been interrupted I enjoy driving by gas stations and their absence from my routine. I'm surprised at how quickly my mind set has been altered, how I no longer perceive gasoline as a necessary expenditure but instead view it as a cumbersome, irritant in our grease burning adventure. Quitting gasoline has undoubtedly been the easiest habit I've ever kicked.

The reporter from a local paper was supposed to come by our house Monday for an interview but Craig's work schedule changed and we have to postpone our extremely brief flirtation with fame.

Buisness Cards

Now that I've started back to work and am driving all over the city we need to establish some additional contacts for fuel. Our Mexican connection consistently provides us with 10 gallons of oil each week but we need about 20 gallons so we've been eating out at various restaurants and requesting WVO along with our check. Craig created business cards for us to hand out to interested individuals with our contact information (which I intentionally smudged for the blog).

In other news, we've been contacted by a reporter for a local paper who wants to write an article about our experience. I suspect the paper's subscription base is rather small but in my fantasy world I dream that the report is picked up by more prominent media sources - in particular Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert.