That’s all very well and good. But I’d prefer one with a few fewer PS and one more pedal. Because that would be more fun to drive.

Note to Self:

BJ:

Bras have been icons of feminine subjugation, empowerment, freedom and other aspects of identity for decades. I am old enough to remember the “burn the bra” era. As well as the “Wonderbra” era.

1st Gear: Consituencies

I certainly hope so. Staring at the horizon-blocking ass-end of a RAV4 from my Accord seems the triumph of bad design over function. In my driving life we have gone from the (50 US) Roccoco to the 60s Bauhaus to the 70s-80s “Look at me”style over substance Baroque to this simulated utility Roccoco. The trompe l’oeil of…

Wait! NCAA coaches are paid? I thought they just got by on their history assoc. prof. salaries.  I guess amateurism is imperiled. 

Not if you are immune to reality. Good.  And easy to win.

No whiskey sours, the go-to cocktail of the 1970s? 

Remember “Fat Elvis?”  This is “Fat Eos.”

I would prefer our policies not be directed by a mercurial narcissist with a schoolboy crush on a vicious dictator.  

Anybody else “tired of winning” on the foreign policy front? 

Remember when McLaren actually made winning cars for Indianapolis?

“angle of the dangle” ??

Oh dear, no. Not a “Continuation,” please. Instead, I recommend a genuine vintage TF21

“the body itself went from a somewhat practical brick shape into a Speed Racer cartoon made real.”

KB: Ooooo, this will be contentious.

Remind me again who Phil Kessel was supposed to be?