Definitely look into donating it. The American Lung Association will haul it away for you and give you the receipt for the tax deduction, so that'll help you next year.

which would be nice, but I have no idea how much it's worth, it has several problems I just cope with but will seriously reduce it's value

Something is better than nothing. I don't know what the miles are, but someone might be willing to risk a few hundred dollars to get a GTI they could get running well with a few repairs. A tax deduction won't do you much good if you don't itemize.

Obama birthplace flap evokes Chester Arthur debate:

Nearly five miles up the winding two-lane country road, past rolling hills and dairy farms, is the tiny Chester A. Arthur Historic Site, proclaiming the spot where the nation's 21st president was born in a cottage.

Or was he?

Nearly 123 years after his death, doubts about his U.S. citizenship linger, thanks to lack of documentation and a political foe's claim that Arthur was really born in Canada — and was therefore ineligible for the White House, where he served from 1881 to 1885.

Wow.

You know, Kang wasn't born in the US either....

Don't blame me; I voted for Kodos.

Didn't they do a West Wing episode where Donna lost her security clearance because her hometown got rezoned or resurveyed and ended up in Canada?

OMG! I just ran into this new barbecue truck outside my office: [link] They weren't quite open yet, and I was hungry, but I'm totally going there tomorrow.

Didn't they do a West Wing episode where Donna lost her security clearance because her hometown got rezoned or resurveyed and ended up in Canada?

At Abby's birthday party. Abby had them play "O Canada" for Donna.

Speaking of cars, I'm now driving a Chevy Citation instead of a Ford Taurus. The Taurus is having Monday off and driving Hubby around today. A friend of ours bought a minivan to hold his growing children and found himself with more cars than allowable parking spaces, so he said, "I owe you some money, don't I? Would you like a car?"

He's the guy we got the Taurus from. He runs cars hard, but he'll do big repairs like axles etc. The Citation sucks power steering fluid like an alcoholic, but that's a matter of replacing some hoses. Friend didn't want to bother, but Hubby says, "That's two hours work, sure, we could use a second car."

It feels overly-decadent to have two (18-year-old) cars, and I keep thinking the universe is going to smack me for it. But then I think of the usefulness of having a backup, plus Hubby has something he can get to the doctor in so he doesn't have to schlep our lousy bus system. What I want for Christmas is a decent sense of self-worth.

The coolest thing about the Chevy Citation? The radio is vertical!

Far out, man....