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Birth of the full-size five door hatchback

Just read on Foxnews that Honda has come out with a “a relatively new class: the full-size, 5-door hatchback“.  This relatively new class will look something like this:

crosstour 

Pretty crazy huh?  Two doors on each side, and ONE IN THE BACK!  This kind of reminds me of a car that was around when I was smaller:

1986 Chrysler town and country 

Now, that was the last of its kind.  Although it had all kinds of hip descriptions, it was basically a station wagon.

ugly station wagon 

The station wagon itself has been around for a while.  Your dad drove one most likely.  For that matter, my dad drove one when I was little.

1952 Woodie

For that matter, his dad probably drove one as well.

1949 Oldsmobile station wagon  

For that matter, not only did his uncle possibly drive one:

1934 plymouth-woodie 

But his dad may have as well.

1923_Star_Station_Wagon 

Ya see, the full-size five door hatchback has been around since about 1923.  I really don’t get the point of this article.  decent little car by appearances.  But, stressing this ain’t your daddy’s station wagon won’t change the fact you’re still driving a station wagon.

The Politician

Headlines are talking about Andrew Young releasing a book called “The Politician”.  Well, for starters, it’s not “The Politician”.  It’s The Politician: An Insider’s Account of John Edwards’s Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down:

Now, if you couldn’t guess what it was about before, I bet you do now. The story, in case you haven’t figured it out by now, is about John Edwards knocking up his aide while his wife was doing chemo. Pretty disgusting stuff. That part we already knew. The kicker? Apparently this guy saw the sex tape of Edwards and the knocked up Hunter.

Now, I searched the world over looking for the Carrie Prejean sex tape. It was great. I am not so inclined at this time to do the same for the Edwards/Hunter tape. Some things are just best left alone. Forever. I will not be seeking this tape. Nor will I seek stills from it. I have no desire whatsoever to have this vision as part of my collective soul. None. I have seen enough horrid things on the internet. I just know I can’t handle this. In fact, the sheer fact that I may stumble upon it accidentally may actually kill my internet enabled Pavlov response mechanism. I would drool I’m sure, but for all the wrong reasons. And, I will hold Andrew Young personally responsible just for enabling such fear of the possibility of stumbling upon this. And I thought the Tiger Woods sex tapes would be disturbing enough.

Cinemark and family values

First of all, I do appreciate Cinemark drawing a line with kids.

Note: No Children Under Age 6 Will Be Admitted To Any R-Rated Feature After 6:00 PM. Valid IDs will be required to attend Rated “R” movies. You must be at least 17 years of age or have your parent accompany you to view the movie. IDs will be checked at the theatre.

Being a parent of a now seven year old, I like it that someone on this planet is thinking about the welfare of our youth.  It would mean a lot more to me if they didn’t have this in the lobby tho:

Family entertainment?

In most cases, I think I’d rather my six year old sit in an R-rated movie than sit in the lobby and blow people up for 90 minutes.

There go those rankings again, 2009 edition

What a day.

  • #8 Tennessee got whipped, bad, by unranked Southern California.  USC is now 5-4.
  • #11 Georgetown lost to Old Dominion.  Yeah, THE Old Dominion.
  • #13 Florida lost to Richmond.  That’s a team from Virginia.  Richmond lost to Old Dominion too.  Old Dominion must be something to fear this year.
  • The Saints lost.

And tomorrow, #85 for the Bengals who was known as Johnson, SHOULD be #15 going by Ochocinco. The NFL doesn’t like tributes to fallen players tho and threatened to fine Ochocinco.  That is the biggest upset for me.

Wear it.

Tiger Woods

In the usual proud USA fashion, a stupid story very rapidly becomes good jokes.  Tiger Woods is great fodder now:

  • When Orlando policemen found Tiger unconscious on the ground and Elin standing by with the 9 iron, they questioned her.  “What’s the club for?”  “I use it from about 100 yards in, or for breaking the window in the SUV.”  “How many times did you hit it?”  “Oh, I don’t know; five, six, maybe seven. Put me down for a five.”
  • Why did tiger’s wife bust the window with a 3 wood? cause she didn’t like the driver.
  • What does tiger woods have in common with baby seals?  They both get clubbed by Norwegians.
  • Tiger Woods is so rich that he owns lots of expensive cars. Now he has a hole in one.
  • What’s the difference between a car and a golf ball? Tiger can drive a ball 400 yards.
  • What were Tiger Woods and his wife doing out at 2.30 in the morning? They went clubbing.
  • Tiger’s new Nike’s ad? Just do me.
  • If you Drink, don’t Drive.  If you Drive, use a 3 Iron.
  • What is tiger’s most memorable drive?  The one out of his driveway.
  • What is the difference between David Letterman’s wife and Tiger’s Wife?  Tiger’s wife hits consistently with the 5 iron.

So far, pretty bad.  But, I’m sure we’re just getting warmed up. Feel free to add any you like.

Paris kills the Dow Jones

One of the more important headlines of the day on Fox:

hilton_paris_burger
Kathy Hilton: Paris Wanted Breast Implants

That was probably enough to get the markets moving.  But, this was the conclusion of the story:

“I’m way too scared, I hate needles and I hate blood. I’m a really big fan of the show ‘Nip/Tuck’ so I see how it happens,” she said. “I’m just too scared. I’m happy with the way I am.”

The Dow promptly tanked, down nearly 140 at opening.  The news even shut down all air traffic as pilots sat in stunned disappointment.

Gwyneth Paltrow plays the world’s first transsexual?

Oscar-winners Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman are to play husband and wife in an upcoming film about the world’s first transsexual, it was reported Monday.

Somehow, I think this is probably not terribly accurate.  It’s about this character, Einar Wegener, who in 1931 had surgery to become a woman.  But, I just don’t think there no transsexuals before 1931.  Call it a hunch if you want.

combat illeteracy

That was one of the top searches on my site today.  It kind of dismays me that apparently when you search for “combat illeteracy”, you get my blog.

What should concern me even more is the number of people that were directed here for searching “14 year old consent to sex with 30 year old man”, “daughter knocked up”, and “red hot vagina”.   Which of course leads to the natural conclusion of “knocked up by a old man”.

Those things all seem just a tad bit trivial I’m sure to the person who was searching for “hillary clinton giving information on our nuclear missiles to russians” and “nobel prize psychopath”.

Some tiny bits of clarification:

  • I have no information about statuatory rape here.  Sorry.
  • There are no red hot vaginas here.  Sorry again.
  • If you’re knocked up by an old man, can’t help you there either.
  • The Russians had the plans to our nuclear missiles before Hillary was born.
  • The only psychopath I’m aware of that actually won the Nobel was Yasser Arafat.  Jimmy Carter did want to deploy a bomb that killed people but not buildings.  However, once he realized it would kill all the Martians as well, he changed his mind.  Ronald Reagan had no problems and did deploy them.  Ronald Reagan however, never won the Nobel for ending the Cold War.  Barack Obama already got a Nobel for winning an election.  Not sure if he’s a psychopath or not.  Although, his Communications Director admires them an awful lot.
  • The key to combating illiteracy is to start by spelling it right.  ( Yeah, I know, it is spelled I-T. )

There is lots more fun stuff here.  But, that was just the political blog.(?)

Ever wonder what causes flooding?

Saw this teaser and had to keep it:

Relentless rain to blame for Atlanta flooding

Now you know.

Wanna break a record?

Failblog picked up on this rather odd “record” featured at Guinness World Records. Guinness was not amused and demanded they remove the picture due to copyright infringement for displaying their logo:

Break the terrorist record?

So, as you can see, Failblog removed the logo.  Love it.

H/T: Cristin

Don’t bother following the Guinness link, they removed that “record”.

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