in the interest of satisfying my curiosity, I was placing an order for
some cheap Chinese crap that I couldn't find anywhere else from
dealextreme, and figured I'd see if there was anything else that tickled
my fancy since everything on the site was so damn cheap.  I ended up

KTLA reports that Americans droive 4% less in March, 2008 versus
March, 2007. That's the biggest drop since the 1940s, when gasoline
and tires were rationed during WW II. More people are riding public
transit, bicycles, and (gasp!) even walking. Many are dumping their

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080520/pl_nm/congress_opec_dc
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives overwhelmingly
approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the Justice Department to sue
OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and working together to set

A drunk driver in Seattle called 911 ON HIMSELF.
Now THAT'S drunk!
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6603608&version
=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.3.1

http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/22/news/companies/ford/?postversion=2008052214
Ford's trouble: $4 gas is here to stay
Gas prices are causing consumers to shun pickups and SUVs, leading to
losses at the car maker's North American auto unit.

Hi Viatologists,
As of 27-May-2008, the Worldwide Transportation Library provides geographic
coordinates for 11.99% of its 2,194 road photographs.  Through retroactive
action, the 'Operation Coordinates' program will increase the per centage of

I'm contemplating a road trip from SoCal to Vegas this weekend.
However, I know there's been a lot of road construction on the 15; how
are the traffic conditioons these days? Anything I should watch out
for?

Hi Viatologists and Geography Aficionados,
It's a natural occurrenct that land shifts and rivers divert.  When state
borders are defined on geographic points of interest, it presents a gamble
that mother nature remains complacent.  If mother nature takes it course and

Hi Viatologists,
As of 23-May-2008, the Worldwide Transportation Library provides geographic
coordinates for 10.72% of its 2,192 road photographs.  Through retroactive
action, the 'Operation Coordinates' program will increase the per centage of

KTLA reports that a MFFY in an SUV cut off a LA County Sheriff's
deputy and sent him crashing into a liquor store.
Sadly, this will be one of the few times when a MFFY will receive the
citations he deserves.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cars21-2008may21,0,586216.story
What an a.s.
Dick Messer, director of the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles, is
complaining about potential legislation that will ban people from driving

On one leg of my trip, I will be driving from Santa Barbara to San
Bernardino against the morning commute. From San Bernardino I will be
taking Metrolink downtown. Makes sense, huh?
Google recommends I take 101 to (eventually) I-210 and sneak over that

So there I was in the right lane with my left turn signal flashing,
stuck behind a slow truck, as faster traffic streamed by in the left
lane.
Then I saw my salvation, a car in the left lane with its right turn

Let's say you are in the #1 lane and another car is in the #3 lane.
The other car is about 1/2 carlength ahead of you - IOW, your front
bumper is even with the other car's B pillar. At virtually the same
instant, you both decide to merge into the (unoccupied) #2 lane. At

You know the type: you'll be on a residential street approaching a
T-intersection with a Yield sign. Ahead of you is a passive-aggressive
MFFY who was quite content to go 30 MPH (in a 25 MPH zone) until he
noticed you were behind him, at which point he IMMEDIATELY dropped his