Single female (who's sleepless in Seattle) w/95 black ZR1 % 00' Red C-5 convertable.
Only one thing I know of that beats a drive down Pacific Coast Highway with the top down, and since I'm a lady (ahem..) I'll refrain from going any further.
Seriously, as wondeful as your imagination can conjur up, times it by 10, then you'll have a glimpse of what it's like behind the wheel of a beautiful beast known as the corvette.
Whatever ailes you, it will cure it...
And as the saying goes, "Life begins at 180.........
I've been here for a few hours and have been reading feverishly everything on your site. Not the norm for me as I have the patience of a mosquito..
I spend half my time in the states, the other half abroad, Italy primarily. Since the Iraq War began, I've dreaded my trips abroad a little more each time. And until now, I guess I hadn't realized how distressed I was about it. I AM DISTRESSED ABOUT IT.
I thought I knew the people and the places, and I felt accepted, even appreciated. Not lately, not anymore.
I haven't changed, so what gives? I've been tempted to engage in political (With my Italian/french collegues) conversations recently, but somehow I know it would be futile.
I've always been a proud American, now I cringe everytime I have to show my passport at the airport in Milan.
I'm dedicated in what I do (a physician w/doctors without borders) I travel abroad, mostly at my own expense, to offer my time and skill (gladly, I should say) to help whoever might need it. Not for the money, because we get none, but because it was the way I was brought up AND because of the way it makes me feel about me(yep, corny, but true).Of course there are a few selfish reasons, but overall I've always felt great about what I'm trying to do with my life. Nonetheless, it's getting harder and harder to commit myself because of the "climate" over there. "America is the demon of the west" that's what an Italian physician told me (to my face and in my face).
Like I said, I'm not going to be detered by the ignorance that I seem to be incresingly facing, however not all my collegues feel the same. Two VERY talented surgeons have opted out on the next round. They actually feel fearful for their safety and I can't say as I blame them.
I can't tell you how angry that makes me.
I can tell you that your site has lifted my spirits, so back I go to my packing, I head out again in the AM. Along with the book I'm in the middle of, I'll be reading your archives (I'm printing out now) on my flight out.
THANK YOU.