I pity the fool who gets lost

This, seriously, could be the coolest thing that our new technology could come up with. According to an article on CNN.com today, and the companies it quotes, you can now buy celebrity voices for the GPS systems in your car. And yes, Mr. T is one of the voices up for sale. That, to me, is too hysterical. "Turn left in 500 feet, fool!" That's just funny. Mom's GPS has this irritating woman, with really no personality whatsoever, droning on and on about where the right turn is, how far it is until you reach your intersection or highway junction, and that we should turn around in a legal U-turn because we are obviously very lost. We've been trying to come up with a name for this lady, but have yet to agree on anything. (I suggested Gypsy, in what I considered a fit of brilliance, what with the "g," "p" and "s" in the name, but Mom kinda poo-pooed it.) Anyway, if we had Mr. T, or Burt Reynolds, who also lent his voice to a company, we'd not have to come up with a name at all. It would just be, "Whatever, Burt! We're going our own way!" or, "Shut up, Mr. T! It's all about us!!" And really, it's just a matter of time until they can manufacture anyone's voice for these programs. If one of these companies manages to figure out how to get Elvis to tell me I need to be ready to merge right, I'm all over it.