When my parents bought a new Accord a month ago, I knew the days of driving the old van were numbered. It's not even that old. It's a 1991 Plymouth Voyager. Sure, it leaked a lot of oil, enough to give it an oil change everyday. It smelled like it was burning whenever it was driven. Flames were seen shooting out of the muffler. It couldn't go faster than 50 mph, a big no-no in the California freeway car culture. So after 11 years and 230,000 miles, it was given away to Goodwill. May it enjoy a better life in the hands of the needy. Watch out for those Chinese food stains in the back. O, and the sticky cup holders. Or for that matter, the broken cup holders.

From what I hear, they also took away our plagued TV set too. It was always on but it was off. You had to shake the TV constantly to get a picture out of it and that's no way to watch TV. This from a Sony, too.

Speaking of TV, if you live on the west coast, or Alaska and Hawaii for that matter, you can catch Triumph making fun of people in the Star Wars line. It's on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 15 minutes (NBC). Yes, you can download the skit but it's better to watch it on the television. For everyone else, it's also on at 3:05 am on most NBC stations next Tuesday morning.