I'm quite sure I've yammered on about this one in the past. This is the Bosch Corporation's amalgam of a 1953 Corvette body, underpinned by the vital components of a BMW 530d. Like the sticker says, it's diesel-powered; no kidding. Even at that, it's probably still faster and better handling than the '53 Corvette was with all of it's stock components. And, yes, it probably is sacrilege to some, hacking up a classic Corvette. I say if it's not beginning with a one-of-a-kind item, it sure ended up that way. And quantifiably better for it. Cool. Very cool.

I see fit to also mention something else that's less than totally cool. I have recently had a few subbing assignments which went almost totally awry because the teacher I was subbing for was some free-as-the-breeze neo-hippie type, who either didn't bother to leave sub plans that were worth a tinker's da*n, (I even had one who told me, when I called her cell to confirm when lunch time was, because she left no definite plans as such, "oh, just use the sub plans from the other day!" Which, I suppose, sould have been fine, were her previous absence even similar in being a full day like I was working; all I could locate was afternoon plans.) or didn't bother to even start to get their students in shape for the world to come, with a little discipline. This is just flat-out not good. I shouldn't have to plead for sub plans I can actually reasonably run a class from. And if you get sick on the very day you were going to start a new unit of some kind, don't just blindly assign the work, leaving the students scratching their heads, and me looking like an idiot. As many specials as some of these elementary schools run, I'm hard-pressed to know when students are going where without a program. In short, leave as much information as you can, please. This gig is hard enough some days.