I guess I won't buy this...

Not too fond of the new Honda hybrid.

Much has been written about the Insight, Honda’s new low-priced hybrid. We’ve been told how much carbon dioxide it produces, how its dashboard encourages frugal driving by glowing green when you’re easy on the throttle and how it is the dawn of all things. The beginning of days.

So far, though, you have not been told what it’s like as a car; as a tool for moving you, your friends and your things from place to place.

So here goes. It’s terrible. Biblically terrible. Possibly the worst new car money can buy. It’s the first car I’ve ever considered crashing into a tree, on purpose, so I didn’t have to drive it any more.

Man, Obama is up early!

At 8:33 am EDT I see this article, posted by AP at 6:22 am EDT:

US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to pass comprehensive health care reform by the end of the year, arguing it was necessary for the country to maintain its competitive edge.

That man must get up and start making speeches really early!

How not to clean up a dead whale

Uh, oh! Here they come again.

I made it past the first round of budget cuts, but they're back!

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said yesterday that the ongoing recession will force even deeper cuts in state spending in the coming months.

Kaine said he has instructed the heads of all state agencies to reduce spending further, because revenues for April, May and June are expected to fall below estimates upon which the budget for fiscal 2009 was based.

That means the state could fall up to $225 million short of the revenue it needs to balance Virginia's budget through the fiscal year that ends June 30.

Richmond Baseball

Richmond lost their Triple-A team to Gwinnett County, Ga this year. apparently there is a deal in the works to bring in a replacement Double-A team from Connecticut

Richmond Baseball Club LC will close a deal to acquire the Class AA Connecticut Defenders any day now, according to Eastern League President Joe McEacharn and Bryan Bostic, RBC’s chairman, and will do so without a firm plan for a new ballpark here.

The Defenders, contractually bound to be a San Francisco Giants’ affiliate through next season, will continue this season based in Norwich, Conn., then relocate to The Diamond next season, even without a firm plan for a new Richmond ballpark. Minor League Baseball officials previously expressed reluctance to approve the franchise’s relocation without such a plan for a new ballpark.

Well, it's something. They'd be playing against teams from Binghamton, Harrisburg, Erie, and the like. Still they apparently need to work on the stadium issue.

Richmond may be at risk of losing the Class AA franchise, Minor League Baseball officials have suggested, without a long-term ballpark solution.

Yeah, that makes perfect sense. The stadium in Richmond is twice the size of the stadium the Connecticut team plays in now, so obviously it's inadequate.