I Know It's Dorky, But...

I imagine I've got the same basic fetish for the movie "Back to the Future" as does the guy who runs Delorean Mac Mini, although I must not have as advanced of a case. (Check it out...he's mounted a Mac Mini in his Delorean, which he uses to project a wide-screen DVD version of "Back to the Future" onto the inside of the car's hood at car shows. Talk about having time on your hands.)

I remember visiting the "old" Universal Studios (back all they had was the tour and some stunt shows...AND WE LIKED IT, YOU DERNED WHIPPERSNAPPER), where I actually got to be near a Back to the Future Delorean picture car. (My little brother was more intrigued sitting in K.I.T.T., but sometimes there's no accounting for taste.)

What's worse, though, is that I'll admit that every once in a while I endulge in some eBay surfing in the fantasy pursuit of putting an actual Delorean in my actual driveway. (I'm always a little surprised at how relatively inexpensive they are.) I generally come to the conclusion that actually owning and driving one would, ultimately, be too dorky. I mean...it's got rear louvers for crispen glover's sake.

But, then again, maybe 25 years is long enough (ouch...it's been that long) and the Delorean is moving into the classic status. After all, from certain angles...hmm...nah...I probably couldn't pull it off.