cars

Something I know, but don't think about until reading/watching something like this, is our ridiculous obsession with cars in this country. We love our cars. We name our cars. We sweet talk our cars. My mom would pat the dashboard of our ailing Dodge van as it struggled up a hill and say "Come on Bessy. You can do it." And who could forget our favorite carmance: between Kitt and David Hasselhoff in "Knight Rider." http://youtu.be/6ImbzstQdAo (Gosh. I almost got