My car is a Carmax one! But certified used by Toyota, not Carmax. Of course, I hardly ended up using the warranty, even though I probably should've a few times.

I'm thinking about this bag, in grey. Pretty, and could be carried, or wheeled. But 'spensive, and some of the reviews say it breaks. But I'm having a hard time figuring out the appropriate search terms to find similar things--"wheeled duffle" comes up with ugly dufflebags.

I saw one of those. [ETA: Versa] Looked nice. Since I decided to buy all I do on walks is check out cars.) I have a bias for VWs and Audis because I grew up with them and feel like I understand them in a way I don't other cars. I checked out the Matrix but new is above my comfort level and I didn't see much in the way of used.

Pick up is a big consideration for me. The whole 0 - 60 thing. It drives me batshit if a car is straining when I accelerate. And handling. I need strong HP. (I don't think Scola let go of the handhold the entire time we drove to Madison.)

Beyond that, a hatchback with a big enough hatch for that to be the dog's place would be good. That aside, a 4-door sedan is what I want. Heated seats are pretty close to a must-have, which skews European. Sunroof would be great. Nice shape is also a consideration.

Trudy, those awesome curtains include the gothy motif which Jilli doesn't like...

Oh, I know which curtains those are! The spider in them is tiny/stylized enough that it doesn't set off my twitching.

ION, the Adam Lambert concert last night was all sorts of fun, and HMOG, he is gorgeous.

I hear he's delightfully tall in addition to being sparkley, snakey-hipped, and slutty.

I hear he's delightfully tall in addition to being sparkley, snakey-hipped, and slutty.

Good god allmighty. I just ... wow. I spent most of the concert gaping in delighted glee.

Ooh.

Brenda, you've pretty much described a Subaru Outback as your perfect car.

Oh, Connie. That is of teh suck. Much ~ma for your sister.

Brenda you would also do really good in a BMW Five series wagon. The cars are built like tanks and tend to last forever so you can buy one at a great savings that is a few years old. They handle like a dream and have a ton of space and power. I purchased my 3 series with almost 50,000 miles on it and it felt like it was brand new.

Urgh, fuck cancer. A coworker died yesterday. I only worked with her for about four months before the doctors realised that her bad leg was being caused by a brain tumour. She’d been in a hospice in London since, and then a few weeks ago went home to Ireland.

They’ve already promoted someone to take on her duties, but are also hiring a new person too; she’d been doing the work of two people for ten years or so, apparently.

Mostly I’m sad that I didn’t know her better.