Some good economic news up here, for a change. Well, I reckon it’s good news. We used to have a Miller Brewery in Fulton, NY, but it’s been closed for quite a while (mostly ‘cuz Miller sucks). It was taken over by Northeast Biofuels, who wanted to make ethanol. They spent about $200 million getting the plant operable, and then went bankrupt. Yesterday, SUNOCO bid $8.5 million for the place, easily outbidding another group who bid $1 million, with the intention of liquidating the assets. Supposedly, SUNOCO actually wants to operate the plant, and hopes to produce 20% of the 460 million gallons of ethanol they use to blend with their gasoline each year. It’s not a huge amount of jobs, but it’s better than a big empty building, at least.

Otherwise, not much new. Granny is back home where she belongs, and we have a full house again. The bad news is, it’s back to work again today. The good news is, at least there’s a three-day weekend to look forward to. I could use a day off.