Brett Berk: The Gay Uncle's Guide to Parenting » General & Random http://brettberk.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Four Wheeled Future: Subaru BRZ/Scion FR-S http://brettberk.com/2012/02/06/four-wheeled-future-subaru-brzscion-fr-s/ http://brettberk.com/2012/02/06/four-wheeled-future-subaru-brzscion-fr-s/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 admin http://brettberk.com/?p=2900 Two affordable Japanese sports cars as similar as 80s Bermuda Bags, or Cyberdyne T-800s. But we still picked a favorite. Read all about it/them at Vanity Fair.

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I have a new piece in this month’s print issue of Vanity Fair, all about some of the most compelling new concept cars out on the auto show circuit. Click on the thumbnail below to view a scan, or just go out and buy the magazine, you cheap bitch.

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My fresh Businessweek book review, this one on “We’re With Nobody”– an insiders’ exposé on conducting political opposition research, by Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian. Read the review, then read the book.

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Up for auction this weekend at Barrett-Jackson: A White 1964 Cadillac with an impeccable and tragic provenance. Read the crazy story at Vanity Fair.

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Fed up with the show’s shambolic approach, I’m throwing in the towel. (But I’ll miss those talented kids!) Read my departure manifesto at Vanity Fair.

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About which of the many slaver-worthy cars being unveiled at Detroit’s North American International Auto Show are most excited? This one. Check out the full piece at Vanity Fair.

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My latest automotive content for Businessweek–a review of a new book about the original compact calamity: the VW Bug. Check it out here, and be sure to click on the Beetle Spawn sidebar!

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Sublunary land rocket to attempt 275 m.p.h. top speed; named for hideous Mesozoic reptile. Read all about it at Vanity Fair.

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