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  • From Yeehaw to Yoots

    Heart your engines Tired of pretty-boy actors flashing their newfangled wheels? Here’s something grittier: hybrids may be coming to a Formula One track near you. It makes sense, says one rep, since “Formula One is all about efficiency.” Well, that and the fiery crashes. Photo: iStockphoto. All the smews that’s fit to print Some words […]

  • From Bras to Breaks

    Our cup punneth over Hot on the heels of Japan’s “Cool Biz” program — which let businessmen shed jackets and ties to save on AC — comes “Warm Biz,” which will let businesswomen … wear furry, microwaveable bras with matching hot pants. Hello, Kitty. What’s up Down Under? Our ‘stralian mates are touting cool fuels […]

  • Dweeb between the lines

    With today's news of re-rising SUV sales comes a related tidbit: an old co-worker just alerted me to a site he's started called Dweebs Drive Humvees. Though the commentary is somewhat uneven, it has some fine moments -- and if it takes off like FUH2, the site that invites people to submit pictures of themselves flipping Hummers the bird, it could be a hooooooot. His goals are lofty: "I'm trying to spread the word until 'dweeb' and 'Hummer' become synonymous."

  • From Cosmo to Cornhose

    Hand’s across America Vermonter Thomas Hand — of Project BioBus and the Road to Detroit campaign, recently featured in our illustrious pages — now has a spot of honor in Cosmo‘s 2005 Bachelor Blowout. He describes his love of the outdoors and why a single flower bests a dozen roses. Two words: drea-my. Renew it […]