Hybrid Vehicles

WHy hybrids aren't necessarily better for the environment.

This is what I'm always trying to tell people who brag about their hybrids. My 1989 Time Machine gets better gas mileage. (I've been wanting to put a sign in my back window that says "50+ MPG SUCKER!" but I don't want to get runover.)

The Body Politic

The career advice columnist in Squaresville's local paper recommends women get married prior to a career. She does the math this way:

( Do not read if you have problems with high blood pressure )

Why not just tell young women to find a good physical speciman with which to breed early in life, mate, and look for a man with other good life-partner qualities for later? We could have our young studs for breeding, and our "mannys" for raising the offspring. Neither need interfere with a career, and the "mannys" would care of the children while we're at work. Perhaps a third partner could be used as a shrink, masseuse, sex partner, and all-purpose companion. After all, why expect one man to "do it all" when we can't?

Now I want to see a smack down between this columnist and Maureen Dowd. And I want my comparmentalized partners to address all my varying needs in my compartmentalized life.

Edit: I looked her up. Penelope Trunk is not a ignorant Squaresville columnist, she is an ignorant, syndicated, Boston Globe columnist.

Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata

Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata

Twelve-year-old Sumiko and her family are sent to a Japanese internment camp in the Sonoran desert after the outbreak of World War II. There, amidst the grief and distress of an uprooted life, they do their best to rebuild their lives and form a community.

http://www.teenreads.com/reviews/0689865740.asp