The girlfriend writes from Osaka to tell me about a new advert she saw:

Don’t ask me what’s on offer – I don’t know. Damn cat probably outearns me ….

Tiger needs damage control, so why not hire the best liar in the business?

Tiger Woods has hired Ari Fleischer, the former Press Secretary to President George W. Bush, to help shape his image as he returns to professional golf, according to the New York Post . Fleischer runs a company called Ari Fleischer Sports Communications that bills itself as able to “help you handle the bad news and take advantage of the good.”

Tiger Woods Hires Former Bush Aide Ari Fleischer [CBS]

I suppose someone, somewhere, is using this as a daily driver:

Sad.

And I left my lightsaber at home… [Hemmings Auto Blogs]

But don’t get your hopes up:

A hospital official says former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is recovering after being hospitalized in the South Korean capital with stomach pains.

And there is no doubt this man is a war criminal.

This may not be the Big One, but Tom Lehrer has had the epitaph ready for years: “Irony died the day they gave Kissinger the Peace Prize.”

Ex-US Secretary of State Kissinger hospitalized [AP/SFGate, via SFL]

A legend drives a near 30-year-old rallye car – if only I could drive like that.

Yes – I’m a gearhead – I admit it.

No, it’s not what you think it is. I meant to blog on this a while back, but, well, I didn’t.

The Japanese were accused of aping car designs not their own years ago, and now it’s China’s turn to rip off its competitors.  China, however has taken it to a whole new level.  How about this fake Roller?

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These compassionate conservatives will be the death of us:

An evangelical Christian hate group called “Repent Amarillo” is reportedly terrorizing the town of Amarillo, Texas. Repent fashions itself as a sort of militia and targets a wide range of community members they deem offensive to their theology: gays, liberal Christians, Muslims, environmentalists, breast cancer events that do not highlight abortion, Halloween, “spring break events,” and pornography shops. On its website, Repent has posted a “Warfare Map” of its enemies in town.

And if you’ve lost Little Green Footballs, well …

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