There's a place in Santa Rosa, CA selling Smart Cars now. The price tag on them was about 20K, and they were getting about 40 mpg after all the futzing with American/California emissions standards (I think I remember that they get about 60 mpg in Europe).

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I just turned on Sara's secrets on the food channel. a savory clafouti is being made.

Oh brenda, if you want you can borrow my copy of Kingdom Coming....

Oh, yay. Thanks!

Happy Birthday, J.Z.!

Thanks, Emily! No, I haven't really looked at DIY stuff, since it's all gonna have to wait, no matter what, unless it can be fixed for under $20. Plus, it's a power mirror. So mostly I'm just scared about what anyone's gonna say. And I still need to fix the slashes in my roof. So irritating.

Joss is so cool.

Smart cars are hysterical. I am bigger than them.

Happy Birthday, JZ!

Sometimes I'd think it'd be fun to have an old (mid-'60s or older) VW Beetle to use to run around town....

You should totally get a bright yellow one and paint an Autobot symbol on the hood.

That or get a blue one, which pretty much speaks for itself.

my mom's was forest-green.

VW seems to have a set of colours that they only sell in their new Beetle convertibles. I saw one in this delicious dark red--made me want to lick the car.

Speaking of colors, I now have a bright purple cast after a visit to the orthopedist. Still don't need surgery, though, so yay. Am oddly reassured for someone who's going to be in a cast for six weeks.

Yay for no surgery, Dana, and for the purpleness of the cast. I hope it is not too uncomfortable for you, and that your ankle apprecuates the cofddling and stops collapsing.