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Lillian Axe - Fool's Paradise

Nice vehicle! I like the attention to detail (see: Cadillac script on the rear hatch chrome bar). I still think they should have gotten rid of the chrome vent on the side...it detracts from an otherwise fairly clean design.

I found this near me and want it really bad! Considering the shape it's in, I think $3000 is a fair price. The only thing is I don't think I would be able to give it the home it deserves since it would be parked outside and would be subjected to Iowa winters. Sigh... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks...8#ht_500wt_1373

I don't have time to make a list right now, but the '08 Focus would be on there. I still haven't warmed up to it.

Congrats!

Rush - Red Barchetta

I think most mainstream music has come to a grinding halt as far as originality goes. It doesn't matter the genre, there's no new ground left to be broken. The 50s to 70s saw the formation of rock music with the electrification of the guitar, the 80s saw the solidification of rock/metal and the rise of electronic and hip hop with the synthesizer, and the 90s led to the deconstruction of rock into simpler elements (grunge / alternative) and the mainstream rise of hip hop. But as far as this decade goes, it has been a rehash of old ideas. The synthesizer and digital sound brought all kinds of new possibilities to music and helped spawn numerous genres, but we've exhausted all that in the last 20 years. Technical guitar playing reached its pinnacle two decades ago. All the new music I hear on the radio is just a play off past styles, whether it be folk, punk, or new wave.

There was almost a sequel to that vid!

My year: Broke up with my girlfriend in March, been dating off and on since Finished school, BA in architecture Traveled to Chicago, Minneapolis Got a good job, decent apartment Started investing in the stock market, sitting about even right now Bought a new computer and monitor Had my car broken into, but on the flip side got $900 from insurance and only spent $50 repairing the door lock Designed my first real building Survived a round of layoffs Received my first bonus All in all, not really a great year but not awful either

Inspired by the top 3 rock n' roll songs thread, list 5 to 10 (or whatever you feel like) rock songs that get on your nerves. They may not necessarily be bad songs, just overplayed and overhyped. BTO - Takin' Care of Business Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like a Lady (I like Aerosmith...but I hate this song) Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild AC/DC - Back in Black Black Sabbath - Iron Man Ozzy - Crazy Train Metallica - Enter Sandman Jane's Addiction - Jane Says Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again The only two I can't stand are Takin' Care of Business and Dude Looks Like a Lady, but I get really tired of hearing all of them on the radio.

I was tempted to put a Queensryche song in. Eyes of a Stranger, Roads to Madness, The Lady Wore Black, Hand on Heart, and Walk in the Shadows...all excellent stuff.

Three more: Aerosmith - Train Kept a Rollin' Black Sabbath - Symptom of the Universe (wipes the floor with Iron Man and Paranoid...both are kinda overrated, IMO) Rogue Male - Take No $h! (obscure song from an obscure band, but it has rock n' roll attitude to the max)

This is nearly impossible for me, but here goes nothing... Metallica - Fade to Black Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls

Good. This is a big weight off GM's shoulders.

I'll probably be going out with co-workers down in Iowa City, but nothing's really set in stone yet.

It's absolutely essential that GM establish itself in the urban market; the rural-to-urban shift has been underway for 60 years now, and will continue to accelerate due to the fact that urban centers are where the new jobs are being created. Sadly, rural America is dying and I only see it getting worse because rural areas have nothing to offer Gen Y . If GM can't break the negative perception they have in urban markets, there is no hope.

Seattle drivers in snow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGnOHg8KU_I

I kind of agree. I've played Guitar Hero and Rock Band before, but lately it seems like more time is spent in front of a screen (be it TV, computer, cell phone) and less time with actual tangible things, like a real instrument or an actual person. Our family get-togethers are now basically different groups huddled around various screens (adults with the TV, younger kids with the video games, older kids with the computer or cell phone). Probably a bit hypocritical that I say this and yet I'm typing on a virtual message board. I have had fun when I've played both, but IMHO it's so much more rewarding to learn a new riff on a guitar than to score 92% accuracy on a video game.

I like that plan. Even a lineup consisting of just an alpha sedan, coupe, and wagon is appealing to me. I don't give two cents what happens to Saturn. The Saturn model of dealership service should be adopted by all GM divisions. The service and the polymer doors were really the only two things that made Saturn unique. The Astra would make a great Pontiac, the Malibu can ride it out alone, and the Vue and Outlook really aren't needed when you have the new Equinox, Traverse, Enclave, etc.

My dog passed on a few years ago, but here are some pictures of him. Taken in 2004 As a pup in 1989 Christmas, '89 And this cute little thing was the pup that lived at the place I stayed while I was living in Des Moines

What does your city / town / state use to clear the roads of snow? My state was all about salt until about 5 years ago when they began to switch to a combination of de-icer chemical and sand. It doesn't do as good of a job of clearing the roads (usually results in a slushy mess that eventually melts away when temps warm), but the combination is supposedly less harmful to vehicle paint than salt. I'm not sure how much I believe that though, because the rocker panels of my '94 Lumina have rusted far faster than my previous '90 Lumina that was mostly exposed to salt.

Eh, never say never... Sure, Chrysler is a long way off and on its death throws, but that doesn't mean it will always be that way. Look at Ford coming back into the game with its new product. Chrysler just hasn't made the tough decisions yet that they need to be making.

I got my bonus today and it was a whopper...much more than I was expecting since I've only been there 7 months. I do have to go in tomorrow, but we usually get let out a few hours early before a holiday and I'm taking Friday off, so I'll have a nice, long four day weekend. Too bad the weather sucks.

Dumb article. Of course, they focus only on the "popular" stuff to hate like the Pinto and Corvair, but completely left off garbage like the 1986 Excel. '82 Camaro makes it on there, but the Excel doesn't? What about the tinny 70's Toyotas and Hondas that are absent from the road because they have long rusted away? Placing the Explorer on there killed the entire article for me. Just because they were popular and helped usher in the SUV era does not mean it should have been placed on this list. Same thing with the H2. It just tells me the author is another anti-SUV asshole that would like to dictate what others drive.

I like it quite a bit except some of the sheet metal seems a tad too busy...but it could just be the lighting. The interior looks great!