Is the Semester Over Yet?

I was having a bad dream: In this dream it was night, near morning. I was lying in bed in yesterday's clothes, having been too exhausted to change out of them the night before. I was cold, having been too tired to get under the blankets. My hands hurt from endless typing.

Then the alarm went off, and I awoke: In yesterday's clothes, on top of the blankets, cold, with sharp pains in my hands.

Summers' Protege, III.

There is more to the story, and it gets even more bizarre. The article I cited below listing the 1995 Mazda Protege as Summers' car further states: Summers previously owned a 1996 Taurus GL.

So not only does Lawrence Summers purportedly drive a 1995 Mazda subcompact worth about $1,500, if his previous car was a 1996 Taurus, Summers may have very well bought the Mazda used. Yow!

Summers' Protege, II.

Thinking about it again, I simply can't believe Lawrence (since I don't know him personally I'm not going to call him Larry) Summers' primary vehicle is a 14-year-old subcompact. There has to be more to this story.

Summers' Protege.

I drive a 1997 Honda Civic EX with about 140,000 miles on it. It runs pretty well, and I hope to keep driving it for some time.

I'll admit that this car occasionally inspires feelings of inadequacy -- if I really were a successful and competent person I'd be driving something a bit newer and nicer.

But now it turns out that White House National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers drives a 1995 Mazda Protege. In other words: The greatest economic mind of our time drives and even older and crappier car than I do. Whoohoo!