Best Road Trip Songs?

What are the best road trip songs of all time?  What will you listen to when you load up the family truckster and hit the open highway for the holidays this year?  Well, Pioneer announced the results of a nationwide poll last week, and here are their results:

1. Willie Nelson - On the Road Again
2. Steppenwolf - Born to be Wild 
3. Eagles - Take It Easy 
4. Beach Boys - I Get Around 
5. AC/DC - Highway to Hell 
6. Tom Petty - Free Fallin' 
7. The Doors - Riders on the Storm 
8. Kiss - Rock and Roll All Night
9. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
10. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird

OK, there's some solid stuff on there, but what did they leave off?
Post your suggestions in the comments section

Best Part of Halloween?

Well, WAPL's first texting poll is taking your votes.  What's the best part of Halloween?

1. Candy
2. Scary Movies
3. Slutty Costumes

Text "WAPL" and your choice (1, 2, or 3) to 50352 to vote.

I'll post the results at 3pm

Chapter 81.7: Thanks, Happy New Year, and Good Luck!

I was very pleasantly surprised to see the recent results of my latest poll, which asked whether you had made a New Year's resolution. I got six responses in a week, which for this little blog is pretty much record-setting territory.

Not only that, but no one responded that setting resolutions is a waste of time. I used to think they were. I used to say "I resolved not to make any resolutions," but that joke got old. So did I, and I realized that setting resolutions is essentially goal setting, and I have many goals.

I won't go into all of them, but my goals for 2009 include getting a literary agent, finishing my second novel (a tough challenge, with newborns), and doing my diaper duty. (Pardon the play on words.)

Anyone else care to share their resolutions for 2009? You don't even have to be among those who responded to the poll.

Chapter 79.5: Thanks!

Thanks to those of you voted in my first poll. At this point it remains to be seen who'll be right. Over the weekend, I'll post another.

Chapter 79.4: Mets Continue to Struggle

The Mets keep on struggling, but at least they finally beat the woeful Washington Nationals.

Yet, despite the awful way they completed last season, I don't have the same sense of dread that I felt then. The 2007 team broke my heart. Of course, so did the 2006 team, when I watched Carlos Beltran follow a breaking pitch into the catcher's mitt for an embarassing third strike in the NL Championship Series. Somehow, I don't think Jerry Manuel — my new favorite manager ;-) — will allow them to quit on themselves like the 2007 squad did.

I'm sure this club could end up frustrating me just as much as the previous two teams, but for some reason I don't think it'll happen. For one thing, they have two legitimate shots at making the playoffs — though in both the division and the wild card, they have close competition. The Phillies are the defending division champs and they must be respected, while the Brewers have CC Sabathia, who may just be the best pitcher in the National League right now.

So, I'll use the Mets as a way to introduce a new gadget on my blog: a poll question. What do you think, will they make the playoffs (and, if so, how do you think they will they get there), or will they be playing ping pong with the Yankees?

Vote early and vote often.