In the mid 80’s, with rednecks and underpowered Mustangs and Camaro’s roaming the drag strips, the Acura name began to receive some well received attention for quality, but no respect for its performance. In those days, the Acura enthusiast living in mid-America would do their best Rodney Dangerfield, “I tell you folks, I get no […]
Archives for January 2011
Not-so Mellow… Yellow Honda Civic
“I was 5 when my dad drove the car into the driveway, all I can really remember about it was saying, Cool,” reminisces Ryan about his Honda drag racer back in its days as a daily driver. Keep in mind, this was back in the 80’s when the phrase, ‘There is no replacement for displacement’ […]
Counting the Facebook Billions Until the Next Dot Com Bubble Burst
Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies handed Facebook’s, Mark Zuckerberg, $500 million behind closed doors last week, propelling the social media site to a value of $50 billion, give or take a couple of zeros, depending on which side of the bubble you’re located. If you’re sitting snug in the middle, you’re probably praying the […]
Celebrity Roast: Tricia Helfer
Unless you’ve spent the past ten years with your head planted in the back of a turnip truck, you’ve probably seen this beauty in action at least somewhere. If not on the big screen, then perhaps in the magazines, on advertising billboards, or on the multiple talk shows she has appeared on. She is quickly […]