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Well, put it this way, Angelina's smoking hot, and I'm gay, not dead. But if Brad walks in, it's all over...

Good news: You're going to Heaven Bad news: White is over

Desert. It cools off at night.

Do you feel that it's selective here? I have found that this group bends over backwards (if you'll pardon the expression) to be open to everyone. I for one as a gay man found your post to be completely reasonable, and I would hate to feel that you are feeling excluded. Paolo, there's nothing wrong with being open to your friends having families. One of my oldest friends years ago named me as godfather of her child. While I take the responsibility seriously, I joke with kiddo that she'd better hope that her parents last until she's 18: 'cause while I am cool as GayBestFriend to Mum, I'm more like Mommie Dearest in reality. I guess my point is never discount a possibility. Your godchild could set you up. Her parents could. I could. Stranger things have happened.

I reluctantly drive a Civic. If I had the money, I'd buy a Solstice. The only thing about the Civic (which was basically given to me) is the gas mileage. My old leBaron (damn, more FWD) was way more fun on Mulholland. I feel like I'm driving a toaster. With horrible balance. I miss my mom's '70 Ninety-Eight. That was a car.... So count me as an aspiring member...........

I live close to West Hollywood and had a couple of friends drag me out to the Abbey (ane of the more inclusive bars in WeHo, not just 20 year old white guys with 3% bodyfat) and I could not wait to leave. I don't really drink anymore, and the music was too loud to hear my friends talk. There were also a large contigent of rather flamboyant young people who were screeching with laughter at every turn. I'm very happy for them that they were having a good time, but I wanted to get the hell out of there. The next time they want to meet for a drink, I think I'll suggest a restaurant. I'm ceding the bar scene to the kids.

hmmm. I have to also ask, where is the measurement from? Also, who is measuring? Personally Nurse Diesel would get a lot less than Vin Diesel.... But I have to say that the new average makes me HUGE!

Happy birthday! Anything planned?

Two words: Restraining Order.

...someone didn't get enough Hot Wheels as a kid.

I guess I am not getting this one- to me, the magic treadmill negates forward motion of the plane, whether the wheels are powered or not. Forward motion of the plane through the air is what generates lift that allows the plane to become airborne. No forward motion, no lift, no flight.

You shouldn't make statements like that unless you are willing to do something about it. Personally.

They don't? Says so right there in the logo. I guess they'll have to change the name to "Starbucks Brown Liquid Hot Beverage"?

no, you sell swill. I don't like Starbucks. Overpriced (and IMHO bad) coffee sold to Fauxboho's who are too scared to go into a real coffeehouse. I like Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf's coffee better, but they get the same people there too- ostentationally taking up a table meant for four with their laptop in the fond hope that you'll think they are writing the next great American novel when in reality they're using the free WiFi to check out Defamer and playing solitaire. For three or four hours. Nursing one teeny little decaf Chai. No thanks.

I seem to remember ads in old magazines for this model- it was sold as a city car, perfect for the ladies, etc. Basically easier to park in East Coast cities than the regular deVille

i don't even need to read it. GM going under would be a catastrophe to this nations economy that makes the book "The Death of California" look like a day in the park. I just don't understand why the Republicans in power aren't doing something sbout this. Aren't Democrats the anti-car, anti-Detroit inteligensia?

Showgirls.

Oh good, it's faster. It will get out of my sight that much quicker.

that faux window line into the C-pillar is really terrible. It bugs me more than the general ION-ness of it and the Maxima rear window. They also need to reduce the amount of cut lines and striations by about half- it's like a 58 Olds with the chrome removed. All in all, a C.

I love thunderstorms. I wish we had them here more often. As a matter of fact one of my oldest memories is of one- I think I was about 6 or 7 and we were having a birthday party for me in our kitchen. There was a storm out and (really, this happened) the second I blew out the candles, lightning struck the maple tree outside the kitchen window and blew it half apart. We had to have the tree removed. It freaked all of us out sooo bad.... Later on I came to appreciate them (unless they wake you up in the middle of the night), since they cooled things down. We get them here in LA every once in a while, but they seem to stay further inland, towards the desert. The last one I remember had it hailing in Compton and rain falling in absolute buckets- the only time the top on my leBaron ever leaked, even a little.

Thanks. I'm going out with a friend of mine tonight whose birthday is today. Then a gin and Ensure and bed. :-)

First of all, it's 2006 and not 1967. So maybe the writer could drop his antiquated, stereotypical rant aboout what women will and won't buy. As for the insurance issue, I am sure that GM is smart enough to know that just like the last time, they will sell a lot of insurance-friendly sixes on the back of those V-8's, and that the six must be a nice package. I'm at an age where I can afford to insure the V-8, but if they can give me 8/10ths of the useful performance in the six, I'll buy it and save the grand a year. I would be very happy with this car as a convertible (no retractible, too complex) with a six. Edgier than a Sebring, less chunky than the Mustang (which to me looks bloated: Kirstie Alley before Jenny Craig) and more useable than a Solstice or a Miata. Decent mileage, decent insurance costs, and a back seat to toss luggage or grocery bags into. The V-8 is for the serious boys. If that makes me a secretary, so be it.

It is sad that it didn't work out. But if anyones to blame, it's the state of California and comsumers. The state took away the electric-only mandate that made the business case for GM remotely feasible. That, and the fact that the money to develop the car further was better used on projects like variable displacement on cars that people would actually buy. GM dropped a billion dollars on this project, the producers of the movie state that there were 5000 people signed up to buy the car. That's $200,000.00 per person. Were they willing to pay that much?

There is just no excuse for this kind of behavior. Race-related or not. You are a customer in his store. You are giving him money. He tried to humiliate you in public. I don't care of someone came into the service bay and offed all ot the mechanics, forcing him to turn away the group of missionaries that only wanted to get an oil change on the fleet of Montana's they were driving to Borneo to cure the freking plague, that kind of attitude is not acceptable. Period. And as for "Punishing the Pontiac brand", this schmoo is doing more in the cause of that than one buyer ever could.

....and all these years I've been going to Coffee Bean...