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It's nice to know that among gasoline cars (2007 models), my car ranks third. Score!

How green is your car?

It's disconcerting, though, to see that 14 of the top 15 gasoline cars are foreign. It just proves that American auto manufacturers aren't thinking. But what really gets me is that Ford has the number one green gasoline car...and yet, it doesn't seem like they're making headway on Toyota, etc., anywhere else in the market. I bought my Corolla because of the gas mileage and the fact that it's really durable. (I had someone try to talk me into a Yaris. First year cars are still too experimental. It got a better green rating, but dang it, if I had to fix it more often, it wouldn't work out. Parts getting chunked are still pollution.)

I really want a hybrid as my next car. That'll be when Cactus Jack gives up the ghost (which better be many, many years from know for what he's costing me), which, by that point, I'm betting the hybrids will be even better than now, and hopefully less expensive. Cause unless I get a much higher paying job, I just can't see myself spending that amount of money on a car when I'm trying to save for a home.

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Gas Saving Tips

Things I need to work on:

1. Don’t speed. I really could stand to go a wee slower between work and home.

2. Avoid "jack rabbit" starts. I'm horrible about this. I blame genetics. You should see my mother.

3. Anticipate stops. I'm also bad about this, but mainly because the people in my hometown drive like idiots. No, really. You can't anticipate that some idiot is going to slam on brakes because he's turning into a driveway five miles down the road.

4. Keep your tires properly inflated. Yeah...I really don't do that as much as I should.

10. Drive less. I don't have public transportation options, so...not gonna happen.

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Huh. I'm not sure why I just went on a green trip there. I suck at keeping up with things myself, but I try to be healthy (for myself and the environment) when I think of it.

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Get your Christian Kane fix here!

Because the evil must be shared with deeablo and anyone that was a fan of the munchkin Christian Kane:

"So Small" by Carrie Underwood

The fact that CMT decided to air this video on repeat this morning (I lost count after 3 times in a row - I kid you not) meant that there was NO missing Christian. Or Carrie Underwood. So watch it and be amused (or just mute it and stare at Christian).

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America's Next Top Model gets a mention too

Frankly, I'm disappointed that they passed on Marvita, the Grace Jones look alike. I couldn't gauge much from the few pictures they took, but frankly, she's far more interesting to look at than most of the other girls. Even if she ended up as the "pretty but isn't photogenic" category, I still would rather look at her than, say, Ebony and her $200 weave.

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Kid Nation gets a shot

I flipped by this a few times and have to say...the fact that the kids were all excited about doing work was amusing. You'd think they'd never done chores before! Oh wait. They probably haven't. To them, this is still fun.

We'll ignore the fact that it could be construed as child labor.

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Survivor tonight!

I didn't watch Survivor last season due to overwhelming apathy for the show, but this year's twist has me intrigued. After all, what can be bad about ( spoiler cut )

? It just begs for crazy shenanigans!

Plus, you know, the Great Wall of China.