Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Bugatti did it again. The demand for another W-16 1,000 horsepower supercar, this time with an opening top, created a need for all kinds of new carbon fiber reinforcements from acceleration and headwind. The result: An astronomical price tag.
You want to buy a camera? We can pit it against three others with nearly indistinguishable features, no problem. Blu-ray players? We’ll compile a three-axis matrix that triangulates the perfect combination of image quality, connected functionality and price. But if you’re considering the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, we can’t do much for you.
Comparing it to any other car is pointless, because there is nothing else in its $2.1-million (based on current exchange rates) class.
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The acceleration is so immediate you can feel your eyeballs deform under the G-forces. It’s a sensation of isolationist joy, an out-of-body awareness that you’re moving faster than the world can react. Bystanders vaguely remember seeing a flash of expensive paint a few seconds after you disappear over the horizon…you can outrun not only the 5-0’s cruisers, but their helicopters, too. If they wanna catch you, they’re gonna have to dust off Airwolf and drag Jan Michael Vincent out of rehab.
Aw, that last one was kinda mean. Car-mag columnists are scum sometimes, y’know? I suppose it must strain one’s creativity occasionally to spend an entire career coming up with hip edgy new ways of saying “this car goes fast.”
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A complete and utter waste. The soft top cuts 20-30 mph off the 253-mph top speed, and if you actually take the top down, you can’t even break into triple digits. For this, you’re paying a 50-percent premium over the standard Veyron.
And come to think of it, you can’t do the 253-mph top speed in the standard Veyron unless you’ve engaged a special lockdown mode, which you’ll exit the moment the road shows the slightest bit of curvature. For those of us who don’t live on the Bonneville Salt Flats, this is definitely a disadvantage.
Fastest I’ve ever been in an automobile is about 130. I got plenty of eyeball deformation at that speed, thank you very much.
- CGHill | 07/04/2009 @ 11:40I suppose it must strain one’s creativity occasionally to spend an entire career coming up with hip edgy new ways of saying “this car goes fast.”
Truer words never spoken. I’ve been reading CarPorn for over 50 years and I’m pretty sure I’ve never read the same well-turned phrase twice. Similar, yes (because we ARE dealing with a genre), but not word for word. Ya gotta admire that, in a perverse sorta way.
- bpenni | 07/04/2009 @ 16:03