The ugly car of the week: Not as beautiful as its name implies

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

You've been longing for it. You know you have. Well, here it is. This week's gem: The Mercury Capri of the early 1990s Let's do a brief word association exercise...1990s Mercury Capri = turd. This car can be filed under ...

American pride: An import?

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

There are few Americans who don’t know about Harley-Davidson motorcycles. With trendy television shows such as “Orange County Choppers” pervading television programming in recent years, there’s been an obvious increase in wannabe bikers cruising the streets on the weekends and ...

Expect downtime this week

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

as I begin my daily 80-mile roundtrip commute to the new location of my office. I know those of you who are biting your nails in anticipation of my next post will be disappointed to learn of my brief absence ...

Here they come to save the day

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

Behold, America! We’ve got a couple of new superheroes to help us in times of distress: Tom Cruise and his “yes” woman, Katie Holmes, are apparently emulating AAA these days by helping automobile accident victims. Can you imagine the conversation ...

The skinny on 'skinny'

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

No one likes to be called ‘fat.’ No one receives the word ‘chunky’ as a compliment. So why do people insist on using the word ‘skinny’ to describe others who are not overweight? I hear it at least once a ...

The ugly ca- of the week

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

Do you know why I say 'ca-' instead of 'car'? Because the Smart Car isn't a full car. It's shorter than the word 'car.' Am I going to have any dissenters this week? Could there possibly be someone out there ...

From one degree to another

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

Since I’d rather write the Great American Novel than spend the rest of my life in a cubicle, I’ve made a decision to follow a different academic path than the one I had originally chosen. Instead of studying Integrated Marketing ...

Newsflash

By kellirhea in Quixotic Quicksand

I'm tired of sweating. I just wanted you to know that.