Man's Beat Up Car Nears 3 Million Mile Mark

Fox News - Gordon's small, red two-door has well more than 2 million miles on the odometer, the equivalent of nearly 1,176 times across the globe. The retired schoolteacher from Long Island hopes to reach the 3 million mile mark by next year. He only has 34,000 miles to go. The 72-year-old Gordon drives his Volvo everywhere. He has held the Guinness World Records mark for High Mileage Vehicle since 2002 and was the first person to hold that record. "It's just a car I enjoy driving," he said. He bought his beloved car on June 30, 1966, for $4,150 at the age of 25. "It was a whole year's salary," he said...Gordon has been taking road trips since he was a kid and continued through his adult years. He says he would just tell his family to pack their things and hit the road. Gordon's two daughters went on his road trips until they outgrew the tiny red car. "They just couldn't fit in the back anymore. That is when I bought the station wagon," he explained. "Volvo, of course." Now divorced, Gordon takes road trips alone. 

 Shocking. Who'd have thunk the guy driving around in a 46 year old jalopy with spare parts spilling out the trunk would be divorced?

I guess my question is, why wouldn't you sell it, at least after the first million or two? You've already broken the record, it'll last long after your death I'd imagine, aren't you tired of having to tinker around under the hood just to drive down to Dunks?

Especially this day in age, I'm sure Volvo is bombarding him with those 5x8 post cards in the mail promising to pay 10% above the KBB value, no?

You Think You're Having A Bad Day?

I can't believe no one wants to buy papers from this cuddly looking old man. Makes no sense. 


PS: The Maestro and I either saw this guy or the actual Sandusky right after all these allegations came out just strolling in the North End rocking a PSU sweatshirt proudly...Maestro thinks it was probably this guy...I'm 100% sure it was Sandusky enjoying one last good meal...

Serious Questions, Can We Just Fire the Debt Committee Members?

Fox News - President Obama, after watching the deficit Super Committee collapse under the weight of partisan discord, on Tuesday urged Congress to prevent that failure from resulting in a payroll tax increase at the end of the year. Some on the so-called Super Committee were hoping to include the payroll tax extension, along with an extension of unemployment aid, in a final agreement to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion. The provision, passed last year, was one of Obama's signature policies and something he has pushed for as part of a larger jobs package that has yet to attract widespread support in Congress. Without a deficit deal, the future of the cut and numerous other provisions is unclear. 

Can we just fire this Deficit Panel Super-committee epic fail collective? Like not from the committee, but from Congress in general? In what normal, everyday job could you fail so miserably, that even before your actual deadline, you just walk out and tell your boss and fellow employees, "welp, we tried, but its just too hard, bottom line, we're not going to do it," and still keep your job? It's fucking unfathomable. 

If Obama had any spine as a leader he'd lock those asshats in a room in the Capitol building with a pack of turkey cold cuts and tell them Happy Fucking Thanksgiving, you're not coming out until you figure this shit out. Why isn't that the solution here? 

And PS: I can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, we'd be a little closer to a deal with the Senate wasn't running around worried about things like freaking baggage fees. Guys, baggage fees suck, but you know what really sucks? A broke country. Broke, like collecting food stamps and government cheese from China, broke(I'm just guessing, but Chinese gov't cheese probably tastes like cow-taint).  I mean, hey, thanks for stepping up on this, but it just seems like maybe there's more pressing matters. Maybe you wanna just drop everything and figure this thing out and just put it behind you once and for all?

I'm as big a procrastinator as there is, I leave everything to the last minute, I get it. But there's always that one point where its like, ok, screw it, time to get shit done...I go grab the tallest coffee Dunkin Donuts can legally provide, and I plow through whatever is on my plate...And I feel fantastic once its done, like a huge weight has been lifted, all of a sudden you've got all the free time in the world, its amazing.

So maybe that's the problem? Is there not enough Dunks in DC? Can we get a Dunkin Donuts rep on this?