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Been working a contract on-site at a video game company on the Peninsula. Doing a lot of Zipcar driving, as my back doesn't take too well to lugging 20 pounds of computer gear for 45 minutes on the Triumph. Zipcars aren't super-cheap, but whatever. It's a write-off.

My usual ride is a four-door Mazda 3, which is a solid semi-econo ride. This week I switched to a Toyota Prius, which I don't love. The mileage is great, but that doesn't matter to me as gas is included in the daily fee. The car is pretty weird-looking, but any time you drive a car with a corporate logo on the side, you can pretty much leave your cool factor back home. I could pretty much be driving a 911 Turbo with a Zipcar logo on the side and still feel like a heel. Well, maybe not. If anyone has a logo-covered 911 Turbo that they'd like me to take for a spin, my contact info is over there in the half-finished sidebar.

My gripe about the Prius is that I just don't fit in it very well. It's roomy, but it's just not well-proportioned to someone of my height, which is strange. Most cars these days are pretty accommodating to tall guys like myself. The Prius seats are just too high and I can't look out the right side of the windshield without my view being blocked by the rearview mirror. Maybe the seats are so tall because there's a bunch of high-voltage batteries stuffed under them, or something.