Is Anyone Out There?

So I was googling today (its an official word in the dictionary now), trying to locate the professor I used to work for, who seems to have disappeared, when I came across Professor Yin's blog. Back in the day when there was a blog that ranked all the Iowa ones, he was perennially the #1. Except for one week where, yes, this very blog that you are reading now unseeded him. But then I stopped blogging and of course turned this space into my travel journals while in London. I have to say writing for the Journal sure sapped whatever creative juices had flowed as well. But I came across his blog again and checked out his links and discovered that I am not on there anymore. With the death of Edward's blog, I think I was relegated to the scrap heap. The only way people ever got here was by clicking on the link on his page. So in essence I think I am writing this post for my own benefit. But that was my original intention anyways, so I guess I don't mind.
Since I was bored at work and needed something to do, I proceeded to read both Professor Yin's and some other law student's blogs. And they talk about much more intelligent things than I do. Professor Yin talked about the Hamdan case (for the record I did listen to the oral arguments on the oyez project), and then a law student talked about the flaws in the current arguments for gay marriage on their blog. So now I feel a little bit simple for talking about personal issues and such. I rarely ever talk about legal issues or analyze cases. Actually I call people law nerds who do such things. But to join in maybe I will write a little on it today.
Today marks the official opening of the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car?" here in Houston (I'm here "working" for the summer, so I guess I should be called TexanInTexas). Though I'm busy tonight with the guy I am dating (shocking I know, I for once am not single), I am definitely going to add this movie to my list of things to see. It is an interesting question. What happened to the electric car? It always got a bad wrap, and I vaguely remember people saying you couldn't drive it far and that it went really slow. But then I went to the movie's website, and it gives a very different image of the car. Which of course makes me wonder which is true. I'm actually leaning towards the latter view, especially since I just read an article about how people are rigging their Toyota Prius to be able to plug it in. Apparently if you do this its possible to get up to 100mpg. Talk about fuel efficient. I certainly can't afford a new car right now, but I am torn. I drive a SUV, and as someone who moves pretty much every year, it's been a godsend to have that space. But at the same time I consider myself a quasi environmentalist and would love a car that gets better gas mileage. What I don't really get is why they can't make a SUV hybrid that gets good gas mileage. There is the Ford Escape and Lexus RX300h, but they are smaller. I drive a Trailblazer, which is midsized. But its not a V8, and its not a 4x4, so why can't Chevy make a more fuel efficient one? Part of me thinks they are perfectly capable of doing that and just don't want to because it might be more expensive. But I have never worked in automobile design. I kinda wish I had a billion dollars so that I could host those international competitions. I could challenge someone to come up with a SUV design that got 40mpg. And I could also host an architectural contest as well, since I do love me some architecture. What you wanna bet if such a contest existed, there would be numerous entries. Makes me wish I was king. Anyways, there is a little to chew on.
If anyone knows how I can contact Professor Gaulding please let me know. I know she is leaving Iowa, but she isn't answering her UIowa e-mail and I needs to talk to her.