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Fox Sports has a column called FunHouse. And this week's column is about Sports Heroes and Villains.

You know, I'm all for having fun and mocking. The first Villain is NASCAR related. And given what it is, yep, I'm in total agreement. The column writer, though, couldn't let it be and had to go just a little too far (thereby pissing me off and probably pissing every NASCAR fan off because cliches that are stupid are just SOOOOOOO funny).

1. Pamela Britton: Is there really a market for NASCAR romance novels? Are there really redneckettes out there eager to fantasize about Tony Stewart deftly untying a corset while rose petals fall gently upon his fire suit? Does anyone realize that every NASCAR driver is an inveterate goober? So many questions ...

Up until that last line I was laughing (and I'm pretty sure Tony Stewart would be laughing, too, because rose petals on his firesuit? Funny. As is the mental image of him trying to figure out how to work a corset). Because really, that is a great question to be posed. Then I got ticked. Granted, if they'd said "inveterate good ole boy" I'd have been fine. Because yes, they are. "Goober" is just one of those words, though, that is meant to be derogatory. Especially when used by teenage boys to mock another.

(Of course I think the author of the books missed the memo too that drivers are good ole boys, even when they're from California, because her drivers tend to be too polished and non-whoring.)

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( MEME: If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fanfiction or NaNaWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence from each of your current works in progress in your journal. )

NASCAR Fic.

I'm sitting here, trying to get work done (tons of news items to file), all while dealing with the boss who keeps coming up with piddly things that need to be done (although they do need to be done in the next couple of days)...

And all I can think about is Tony Stewart trying to remove a corset and spitting out rose pedals. (ETA: And being a NASCAR fan, I just realized what I typed, but I'm not changing "pedals" to "petals", because it's funny.)

So, since I already wrote a couple of things in my comments on the post where I mentioned the whole T.Stew does romance and man we're all scared deal, might as well flesh it out slightly. Right?

( Nothing says lovin' like a bright orange and black shiny firesuit. )