Chevy Volt redux.

I've said why the Chevy Volt will fail. However, my personal opinion assumes that people are rational actors who maximize benefit at minimal cost, and therefore it is possible for the Volt to succeed if General Motors gets its marketing machine together.

But after watching this GM event and enduring this song? This is actually on the Volt's official Youtube channel.



I don't think GM is going to be able to market the Volt out of its hole.

Creative.

Main Entry: 1cre·a·tive
Pronunciation: \krē-ˈā-tiv, ˈkrē-ˌ\
Function: adjective
Date: 1678

1 : marked by the ability or power to create : given to creating
2 : having the quality of something created rather than imitated : imaginative


Link kindly provided by "Mike Tango."

BMW pre-owned commercial.

I think the commercial is officially titled "Joyride," although I think "Dumb trophy wife" may be more appropriate.



Sadly... it also seems like the kid isn't making it to the NBA anytime soon.

I make Sarah Palin uncomfortable.

According to the New Yorker, Sarah Palin's father said that Palin transferred away from college in Hawaii because the presence of too many Asians and Pacific Islanders made her uncomfortable.

Don't worry Sarah - you're not alone! Japanese people disguised as West Virginians make me uncomfortable too!

In addition, Google does not lie!
According to Google's suggest search terms, most people who are "scared" are afraid of Chinese people, then Barack Obama!

You know it is cold in the apartment...

when cats huddle together to stay warm.

Thanksgiving '09 - Visiting Cleveland

I haven't really been back in the Midwest for several years, but I have almost somewhat reminisced about the flat cities, ride roads, and generally better road manners. During this past weekend, we took a day trip to visit Cleveland.

Here is my photo essay of Cleveland (images taken with the Canon SX20).

Cleveland's Finest at work (Pardon the poor image, as the vehicle was moving at ~30mph and there was vegetation in the lane divider).


The Chevy Cruze is coming to America! (Although it remains to be seen whether or not they'll be built in Ohio).

Cleveland has nice flat wide roads.

Cleveland's West Side Market - pretty cool place!

Fresh pasta at the West Side Market.

MASSIVE jar of Nutella!

Cheap Ducks at a Chinese supermarket!

And... last but not least... LIVE frogs at only $4.29 per pound!

YUM!

More fotos to come!

Why do Presidents pardon turkeys?

Every year during Thanksgiving, the President of the United States "pardons" turkeys presented to him by farmers. How did this tradition begin? And what do they do with the "pardoned" turkeys?

Thanks to Google, I was able to research and write this "exposé" from the comfort of my home while I'm defrosting chickens. Apparently, most Presidents ate the turkeys they were presented with, and those that did not like turkey meat donated them to the local homeless shelter.

The turkey pardoning sort of started off as a joke by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

Reagan, who I guess was doing some sort of press conference, was asked before Thanksgiving whether or not he would pardon Oliver North for his role in the Iran-Contra deals. Reagan, in typical Reaganesque manner, deflected the question with a joke, saying he would pardon the turkey.

President George H.W. Bush later turned the turkey presentation, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, into a turkey pardoning day. After the turkeys are pardoned, they're sent to some farm to live out the remainder of their lives. Although this begs the question, how long do the turkeys live afterward?

Domesticated commercial turkeys are bred to maximize weight gain in the shortest amount of time, which shortens their natural life expectancy to as short as two years for male and three years for female birds.

These "pardoned" turkeys don't live very long at all... maybe the Presidents should just donate them to the local food bank or something...