I finally 'submit' an article via my journal and wouldn't you know it... it gets accepted. Only I made the submission on a lark thinking it wouldn't get posted because of its extremely trollish nature. Wouldn't you know it... any trolling was thoughtfully removed by kdawson.

Thanks kdawson. /stated without sarcasm

I will note that I got offtopiced to 0 for the first post attached to the post. YAY me. Mission accomplished.

While GM wants to simply offer cosmetic changes to automobiles interiors and exteriors, Ford has finally gotten the message about electric autos. They have introduced the Ford Airstream, a plug-in hybrid which gets gasoline equivalent fuel economy rating of 41 mpg, but uses hydrogen fuel cells that can keep the auto going up to 280 miles range. From a styling POV, it is not a tesla, but it is also not a 6000 or a cavalier. From the Autoblog article: 'The fuel cell, made by Ballard, turns on automatically when the battery charge dips below 40 percent. With the on-board charger (110/220 VAC), the battery pack can be refilled at home. Ford says the HySeries Drive is 50 percent smaller and less complex than conventional fuel cell system and should have more than double the lifetime.'"

Clicking on the Sections text itself brings up a nifty dialog. Try it out. Easy homepage customization. I hope we can expect more of this.

Huzzah! My first troll post. I wasn't even trying. Soon I'll be all growed up and ready to participate in TT. I can hardly wait.

I posted this in the DVR story. Anyone got some mod points to burn to get me an upmod? If so thanks.

Whenever I see someone say this I will insert this comment:

Language changes to suit a society's needs and values. Fixed definitions and spellings of words is a recent (150 years) development. Verbing nouns is popular and accepted tactic in western society. All your protestations to the contrary will not modify this behaviour.

I got my first GMail spam today... Take a look at this doozy: (web URLs modified to deprive the morons of any extra links)

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I am currently moving every one of my mailling lists to GMail and I am using it for sign-ups and then modifying my address afterwards to a private account if the service seems to be reputable. What about you?

What was your first piece of GMail spam? How much spam have you recieved? Do you use GMail as your primary email address or is it your catch all address for sign-ups?

If you are Canadian, of legal age and meet several other minor requirements today is the day to vote. Get out to your polling station and do your duty. If you don't have a voter registration card, only minimal identification is required to vote.

See http://www.elections.ca for details.

20 minutes to vote.
4 years to wish you had.

I finally got my first +5 post ever. See here.

Although the way the mod points are dealt out lately my dead dog could get a +3 with very little trouble.