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Make Any Occasion Special

World's Ugliest Corvette

I driven some ugly cars in my life... even my friends tell me by their body language that my desire to buy a Honda Element is ugly enough... but here is the World's Ugliest Corvette...

Oscar Mayer - Ride of Your Life Contest

Weinermobile

Have you ever wanted to be an Oscar Mayer Weiner? Hmmm... Well how about riding in what many consider the ultimate pimped out ride of all time - the Wienermobile™. Well here's your chance! Click here for the Oscar Mayer - Contest

The Ride of Your Life should be the most fantastic day trip you can imagine! Make it whatever you want, but the key is to be specific: Be creative in your essay and tell us how you would use the Wienermobile™ and $5,000 that may be used to create the ride, where the event would occur, and who would be included.

My entry: I always been an encourager so what would be the Ride of My Life is helping a local inner city elementary school of kids in Nashville, TN by showing up in the Weinermobile for a funraiser to build playground equipment; take $4,500 and do a dollar by dollar matching grant for a back to school backpack full of school supplies. Of course I need to allocate $500 to travel down Broadway Avenue to generate media coverage, swing by Mayor Purcell's office, and the Coliseum to involve the Tennessee Titans players...

(I hope I win! - I would relish the chance to drive around Nashville, assuming my entry cuts the mustard...)

By the way, the first Wienermobile™ was created in 1936 and the current one is 55 hot dogs long (27 ft.), 18 hot dogs wide (8 ft.) and 25 hot dogs high (11ft.).

Take the tour!

accessorizing your ride

accessorizing my ride

(Seen at Best Buy in Durham, NC) After pimping his ride, this able bodied person went the extra mile and accessorized with a handicapped tag. Dice, beads or air fresheners hanging from the rear view mirror are so passe and tacky... plus the added benefit of parking close to wherever your destination may be and access to wide parking spaces to keep your ride from getting dinged justifies the expense of this accessory...
BTW, he didn't want to pose with his car - I figure it to be a work in progress [him, not the car]
grrr...

Honda Accord COG Television Commercial

Honda "COG" commercial

Here's a retro look at the Honda Accord COG Television Commercial. produced 2 years ago...

The clever two-minute Honda "COG" commercial is a real-time creation that took seven painstaking months to prepare - and 606 video takes - that results in a mesmerizing chain reaction that will leave you scratching your head.

View the Cog Movie while you can; seems like all the links to view the commercial are disappearing -

Here's a larger Flash version

Kerry's Odyssey (of cars)

TELL ME, O MUSE, of that ingenious hero who traveled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit,and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted...

Whoops! Wrong Odyssey story! If you want Homer's Odyssey, click here

TELL ME, O AUTOBLOGGER, of that ingenious Asian who traveled far and wide after he had transferred out of the famous town of Atlanta to Nashville of Tennessee. Many cities did he not visit, and many were the cars with whose manners and customs he was acquainted.

It's no secret that I love Honda cars ever since I drove a 1976 beige Honda Accord. After having my first child Gary, two door cars just didn't work. My first vehicle was a Chevy Van (post hippie carry over), then the Accord, replaced by the 1984 Toyota Minivan.


the Toyota "toaster" Minivan

The Minivan was Toyota's answer to the emerging minivan era and it had a unique Flintstones feel to it; my feet were in front of the wheels and because it was so top heavy, it felt like driving around town in a toaster.

After ditching the Toyota lease to buy our first house, and my two kids were out of car seats, I was sporting around in a 1966 Ford Mustang. Soon, like all old American cars, it needed financial restoration. It had a Flintstone quality also when my wife noticed the rusted out floor pans and the road traveled underneath.


Real pretty 1966 Ford Mustang

I driven some clunkers too (in no particular order); a boat-like Pontiac Bonneville convertible which turned into an expensive lawn ornament; my faithful $400 Oldsmobile Cutlass with a big engine and original Polyglass tires that was owned by a old lady with extremely low mileage; a pre-O.J. Simpson small Ford Bronco that my friends called a girlie truck; a 1965 Ford Thunderbird with the cool sequential tail lights that my wife made me take back for a refund. I use to collect old cars like stray dogs from rural used car lots in search of the mythological $1500.00 perfect car; which to my dismay there were only three in the United States that existed. Alas, I was sadly myth-taken.


1995 Honda Odyssey

Then my current ride, the incredible 1995 Honda Odyssey, purchased sight unseen from my awesome brother in law, Ronnie. (My other awesome brother-in-law, Richard is with Porsche, but that's probably two cars down the road for me.) If you're ever within 1000 miles of Dallas, the best place to buy a Honda is Huggins Honda. Tell Ronnie that Kerry sent you, but don't expect a true brother-in-law price. And dads, make sure your daughters marry a new car king; their husbands will never stress over the angst of a spouses' broken down car.

I absolutely love my Odyssey and have converted my family to Hondas - my wife Becky drives a Civic; Gary, an Accord and recently Megan purchased a Civic also. We are the All Honda poster family!

Here's my future Honda: the Element that I simply must have in time for Christmas 2005 or unless 20,000 people chip in $1.00 because they really like me!


Kerry's future car

I absolutely love the modern milk truck / Lego look; the practical, no carpet fuss with the 270 watt stereo; and who can deny the Honda coolness and functionality. Speaking of Legos, check out this Honda Element ad: Honda "Purpose" :30

More later-

Meanwhile in Book Seven :

Odysseus stops on the palace threshhold, utterly dazzled. The very walls are covered in shining bronze and trimmed with lapis lazuli. The blacksmith god Hephaestus has even provided two brazen hounds to guard the entrance. Odysseus goes right up to the queen and puts his case to her as a suppliant. The king knows better than to refuse hospitality to a decent petitioner. He invites Odysseus to the banquet which is in progress and promises him safe passage home after he has been suitably entertained. {in a 2005 Honda Element}

Hey Hey It's The Monkeemobile

The Monkeemobile 

"Custom car designer Dean Jeffries was hired to create the famous red Monkeemobile. General Motors furnished NBC with two 1966 Pontiac GTO convertibles, provided that the words 'Pontiac' or 'GTO' appeared on the finished vehicle. Jeffries used the stock wheelbase, but pushed back the rear seat, giving the car a stretched-out appearance. He tilted the windshield up and added an old-fashioned touring top. A big block engine was dropped in, making the car powerful enough to pop wheelies. The network, however, frowned on such a dangerous rod so the stock engine was put back. Jeffries built two cars in three weeks, one for the episodes and another for the custom car circuit."

Don Keefe, Editor of Pontiac Enthusiast Magazine writes a neat article on The History of the MonkeeMobile.