How do you drive 3,000 miles without murdering your spouse (legit question)?

As some of you may know, Jim and I are relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area on July 26th. Jim will be starting a Ph.D. program at UC Berkeley, and I will be sitting at home circling jobs in the Wanted Ads with a red marker, while Jack stares glumly at me from his new 500-square-foot home/toilet.

I've decided I/we (really I) will blog throughout the 3,000 mile journey to Cali. Hopefully we can get into some serious hijinx. Possibly break down on a Kansas road and be abducted by a hill creature a la The Hills Have Eyes, Jeepers Creepers, and millions of B horror movies. I have always wondered how I'd react in that situation. Most likely, I'd convince them to take Jim and Jack and spare me. But they wouldn't. Oh, no, they would not.

Anywhizzle, let's start this off with some reader input. Jim and I are looking for suggestions on how to pass the time while driving 10 hours a day, from Topeka to Denver, for example. Audiobooks that will please all? Fun driving games? Recipes for cooking dog meat in case we run out of money/get curious? Anything to stop us from ending up in a 3,000-mile argument about whether or not we should go to Burger King or McDonald's (everyone knows Burger King fries are seriously sub-par). Lastly, how do you entertain a possibly satanic chihuahua mix for six straight days of driving? Do we just inject him with heroin and hope for the best? Any and all comments are welcome, even if you just want to tell me to shut the hell up and leave already.