This Is Pretty Funny

Jerry Seinfeld on nytimes.com on How to Write a Joke.

Who's Got the Keys...

To my Bimmer? This is the new Z4. Me likey this car very much.

4 Door Coupe!

My wise guy little brother used to yell "4 door coupe!" whenever a Mercedes CLS would drive by. "Coupe" is an Americanized version of the adjective form of the French word "couper", meaning "to cut".

Anyway, I'm a Porsche purist and would own neither the abominable Boxster, the Cayenne, the least-objectionable Cayman, nor the fakest-of-all-time 944.

I do, however, consider the 928 (of Risky Business fame) and the iconic 959 to be true Porsches along with the legendary work of art, the...911. I salivate slightly when thinking about the 911.

Anyway, due to the popularity of the CLS and Maserati's Quattroporte (not actually a coupe, but an imaginatively-named 4 door sports sedan whose name means "4 doors"), many other manufacturers are planning on introducing their own sports sedans or 4 door coupes(!). Here's the Porsche Panamera (I know, crappy name). Please click on the photo to view the rest of them on NYTimes.com. WARNING: they all have crappy, crappy names -

Piece in the Middle East

This is a wonderful piece by Maureen Dowd about Bush’s Middle East trip. It says a lot about where we are diplomatically, how we are perceived in the Arab World, and what a deal-with-the-devil the combustion engine has forced us into.

Faith, Freedom and Bling in the Middle East

P.S. I'm really proud of the title I came up with for this post.

P.P.S. This is the hotel in Abu Dhabi that is mentioned in the article, the Emirates Palace Hotel. It is the most expensive one ever built. This is just a photo of the central section (the whole hotel is over half a mile long) -

Here's a shot of the royal entrance. Note the South Asian in the forefront who likely gets paid about $5/day -