http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/us/06forthood.ht...

Military officials identified the suspect as Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a psychiatrist born in Virginia who reportedly was about to deploy overseas.

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From: Covey, S.M.R. (2007). The speed of trust: the one thing that changes everything.

According to Greek mythology, Pygmalion, the king of Cyprus, carved an ivory statue of the ideal woman. He named her Galatea. She was so beautiful that Pygmalion fell in love with her, and because of his deep desire and will for her to be real, with the help of the goddess Venus, he was actually able to bring her to life, and they lived happily ever after.

This ancient myth has come to serve as a metaphor that illustrates the power of expectation. While this phenomenon is commonly referred to as the 'Pygmalion effect,' it's also been called the Galatea effect, the Rosenthal effect, self-fulfilling prophecy, positive self-expectancy, confidence, optimism, or just plan faith. In modern times, it's been made popular through the musical My Fair Lady, a modern Pygmalion story in which a professor's expectations become the catalyst that inspires the transformation of a Cockney flower girl into a lady.

The principle is simply this: We tend to get what we expect - both from ourselves and others. When we expect more, we tend to get more, when we expect to get less, we tend to get less.

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You might be a DSM owner if....

1 = If you've ever had to explain crankwalk to a mechanic....
2 = If you have a garage full of spare engines, just in case....
3 = If you've tried to bolt your old 14b onto a riding lawnmower....
4 = If you've hit your head on the B-pillar during an AWD launch....
5 = If you have a running tab at the local tranny shop....
6 = If you go rallying in your daily driver....
7 = If your driveway has divets in it cause your car never moves....
8 = If you have a trophy case full of Honda and Mustang emblems...
9 = If you eat "rice" for dinner....
10 = If people recognize your car by the sound of it's lifter tick....
11 = If you drive 5 extra blocks for a gas station that has 1 more octane point.
12 = If you get refused on your tread wear warranty every time you have tried, because of poor alignment.
13 = If you bought half of your performance parts at Home Depot.
14 = If every time you beat up a V8, they tell you that something was wrong with their car.
15 = If you find yourself hanging with bikes out of the hole.
16 = If people ask you what's wrong with your car because it keeps making this noise.
17 = If your freinds get beat in a race and call you immediately after to rematch for them.
18 = You have had to send a tow truck back to the towing garage because you needed a flat-bed.
19 = You always request parts for an Eclipse because the parts stores always lookup the AMC Eagle.
20 = You drop whatever you are doing when the UPS man brings a new part for the car. And then spend the rest of the day installing it.
21 = You only carry a Palm Pilot to log your engine's data.
22 = You change your tires, plugs and fuel curves for the winter.
23 = You know more about the 4G63 engine than some engineers at Mitsubishi.
24 = Your wife/girlfriend wishes your car never exsisted.
25 = Your wife/girlfriend wishes DSMtalk never exsisted....
26 = if you think your dsm should have come with a flatbed/tow truck following you from the factory
27 = If its one of the few imports a big fat farm kid can work on.
28 = If you lose a race and the other guy says "Damn that cars fast!"
29 = your car spends more time being broken than being driven
30 = you dont let people drive your car into the bays because its "quirky"
31 = you spent more fixing it than it cost
32 = your eye automatically catches EVERY dsm that drives by on the highway
33 = your out driving/fixing in the winter more then you EVER wanted to be.
34 = if it's a 2g non spyder, you quickly check to see if it has stock dual pipes. then turn back to see you are swerving off the road
35 = before racing someone, you 90% of the time know their engine, hp, and performance specs. and you usually know if you will win or not
36 = right before u start modding, some damn matainence thing breaks down (i.e. alternator, starter)
37 = u barely have money for fun time (teenagers)
38 = u wake up in the morning look out the window and go "ahhh, what a nice car" / you wake up and see your damn broken car and curse up a storm
39 = you look at riced out civics and roll your eyes
40 = right after you get your paycheck, you get online and spend it all on parts the same day.
41 = Every tire shop/parking garage/car wash/repair shop guy stalls out when he lets out your ACT 2600 clutch.
41 = Every car with an alarm triggers in parking garages as to say "hello".
42 = Your exhaust note is so deep and unique that people expect you to pass by 1/4 mile before you get there.
43 = You wonder where all your money goes.
44 = when you go to fix something minor you ALWAYS expect a major hassle and something else is GOING to go wrong.
45 = dsmtalk.com is the best website to visit. no correction -THE ONLY WEBSITE TO VISIT!-
46 = If your on a diet because you ran out of weight reductions for your car...
47 = If a junk yard to you is an upgrade yard.....
48 = If your car consists of parts from more than 10 other DSMs.....
49 = If you always have to show your car in a garage.....
50 = If you take offense to the word Riceburner.....
51 = If you have a stick in your car, that's job is to prop up the hatch.....
52 = If your pasanger window takes more that five minutes to get all the way up.
53 = If you never put more than a quarter tank of gas in your car.....
54 = If your DSM is the most unreliable car you have ever owned, but still your favorite......
55 = the letters d-s-m-t-a-l-k on your keyboard are so worn off your keys on your keyboard that you can hardly make them out anymore.
56 = The UPS guy comes over for a beer on a regular basis
57 = Your bucket of extra parts pulls 60 bucks on eBay
58 = Paypal.com sends you christmas cards
59 = An average oil change involves fresh oil, new filter and draining the catch can.
60 = The pages of your shop manual have more wear than the tires on your car.
61 = You know the meaning of VFAQ.
62 = Some people would like to go to Europe, you'd like to visit Normal IL.
63 = You get in alot of races because your car "auto-revs" for you.
64 = You've custom fabricated a carbon fiber cup holder
65 = You've almost been strangled to death by the automatic seat belt.
66 = You can launch your oil dip stick 20ft.
67 = You know that your car has a built in toolbox under the hood....
68 = If a honda owner ever looked at you funny when you say "free mods"
69 = You have a bucket full of nuts and bolts and your car seems to run fine and you can't figure out where the heck they go.
70 = you have pieces of 6 different turbos in a box and they are all smoked.
71 = you carry ahydraulic jack with in your car at all times
72 = when being towed you have to lift the front end of the car with your hands so the intercooler clears.
73 = people call your car "valdez" after the oil tanker.
74 = When the flatbed finally comes, you ask the tow guy for a piece of wood to put under your right rear tire (or left, if it's a 2G) so you don't scratch your muffler
75 = If your AWD is equipped with automatic windshield wipers enabling system after every hard launch... (1G)
76 = If everytime you launch, you can't see the damn road all the way through 1st gear (AWD)
77 = Your headliner that's falling off combs your hair every morning (1G)
78 = You hear a different vibration inside your car for different RPM points (1G)
79 = You are afraid to grab your Crank Pulley and check for play (2G 7-bolt)
80 = Modification of 19: You tell the Auto Parts Store and anybody for that matter you have an Eclipse because nobody knows WTF is an Eagle Talon...
81 = you have watched 3 passengers break their glasses on the idiot belts
82 = when people say "is your car running again?" you say "kinda"
83 = every time you work on your car you end up with more bolts than you started with
84 = you have a laptop with a datalogger and manual CD on it in your car at all times
85 = you have ever explained "fuel cut" to a scared female passenger
86 = people that can "drive stick" stall your car out 5 times before they get it out of the driveway
87 = people think you are just revving your car in neutral when in fact it is 1st gear (fwd dsmers)
88 = you have gotten in many arguements on how "your car CAN't be THAT fast". it is a friggin 4 cylinder mitsubishi!!!
89 = you have to explain to a mechanic of 35+ years what "boost creep" is.
90 = if you slam 2nd hard enough your wipers turn on
91 = you buy a k&n filter and call it an "intake"
92 = you thought you blew up your dsm but in fact the dipstick popped out and sprayed oul all over the manifold causing massive smoke
93 = when someone asks you how the car is running you never say "awesome" or "great", just "its running"
94 = you hate the "hump" (1G AWD)
95 = your friend with a 5.0 says "at least my car is reliable"
96 = a normal weekend involves removing your transmission 5 times.
97 = you work all week so you can fix your dsm on weekends
98 = your friends think "phantom knock" is some sort of ghost movie
99 = If you drive your car for 10 minutes, park if for 2 hours, come back out...it only takes 2 minutes to have the heat full blastin again.
100 = You hear non-informed DSM'ers saying that chrysler over-all as a company sucks..and you have to reinform them that they are downing their own car.
101 = After racing the honda boys with their "pimped" out cars you have to pop your hood for them to belive your cars almost completely stock
102 = You've owned something with the name Horsecock in it....;-)
103 = You are completely dumbfounded when people say that eclipses and talons are hot but lasers are slow?
104 = your mom claims a 4500 rpm launch "throws her back out"
105 = When over the school's intercom you hear "Excuse me but the white mitsubishi eclipse is still running."
106 = When you get asked at least once a week if 'That Hump' is supposed to be on your hood.
107 = Your friends with the tow company and they stop by every weekend to see what the new "project" is this weekend.
108 = You dance every morning when your car cranks over.
109 = when you ask your friend with a tow truck to tow your car every other day...
110 = your "grocery getter" is a 12 sec car... lol
111 = You have the shop mannuel memorized
112 = The local shop calls you to ask a question about a broken eclipse they have in there shop.
113 = when people driveur car...and ask-whats that noise...you always reply with-which one
114 = people driving ur car for the first time...get a new understanding forthe word torque steer -(fwd) (even if they are *expierenced drivers*
115 = You wonder why the used oil only fills 2 of the 5 quarts you just put in.
116 = You have your girlfriend drive you "far" distances becuase you actually want to get there.
117 = You drive all around town, aimlessly, when it's running "right".
118 = Every time you scrape the front bumper, you and everyone else in the car feel the pain.
119 = You wake up in the middle of the night, stumble to the computer and subconsiously type in DSMTALK DOT COM !!!!
120 = everytime billy badass mustang driver says "buy a domestic" you scream at the top of your lungs "IT IS A FUCKING DOMESTIC YOU DUMB SHIT!"
121 = If you can navigate at night with our 2 candle powered headlights.......
122 = If at one point you could punch the gas and get the spy-hunter smoke screen.......
123 = If you avoid car conversations with new people, so you don't have to start from scratch.......
124 = If your stock boost gauge reads 9 but you know it means 19......
125 = If you tell people you have a two seater so that you don't have to watch them suffer in the back seats.....
126 = If you need to call someone to fetch your spare when you get a flat........
127 = If you have ever lit a cigarette off the exhaust manifold......
128 = If you have attemted sex in your car once, and vowed never to do it again.
129 = people who first drive your car and launches at 4500 and ask "why wont this thing burn out?!?!" (awd)
130 = people tell you the bump on your hood is a turbo bump, even when it's a NT
131 = You have a pile of burnt out clutches sitting in your room.
132 = Youve uttered the words, "Officer I dont think i was going that fast."
133 = You've had to explain how your turbo timer works to your mechanic.
134 = You show up at a friends house and their mom asks you why your car sounds like a truck.
135 = You always give your shop manual to the mechanic when bringing your car in for work.
136 = You go knocking on your 60 year old neighbour's door sometimes to ask him if he can help you with a jump start.
137 = On some nights you pray that someone should come steal your car.
138 = You hold your breath and pray to god when making left turns (2Gs)
139 = DSMtalk.com is your homepage
140 = You always tell the person that is crammed in the backseat to watch their head when you hit a bump.
141 = You get spanked by a supercharged Mustang and he tells you that out of all imports he's raced you hung the best, and that he doesn't even waste time on the "other" imports anymore.
142 = Your first investment for your car should have been a lift.
143 = Your car won't start when the temperature gets below zero.
144 = Your girlfriend knows what DSM stands for.
145 = Your girlfriend laughs her ass off when she's riding with you and a Honduh revs on you.
146 = Your car was faster 2 years ago than all your friend's cars are now.
147 = You can put on a big turbo and run 25 psi on a completely stock motor.
148 = While browsing the internet you have 2 or more windows of DSM Talk open!
149 = Your Mom knows what DSM stands for
150 =The mechanic gets a shocked look on his face when you tell him its got AWD
151 =You see a truck stuck in the snow, and you drive right by
152 =You say a grinding transmission is "normal"
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154 = When your friends know that you are coming just by hearing your car turn the corner.
155 = You save up for your dream turbo setup instead of your dream body kit.
156 = You bought that exhaust because it's 3in and thats not the tip size.
157 = You dont tell people you have an Eclipse, Talon or Laser. You just say that you drive a DSM
158 = Guys in V-8s are afraid to race you
159 = If your girlfreind prays that a contender doesn't stop at the light next to you.....
160 = If you still put down 13 second track times in the rain.......
161 = If every time you wrench you find more stuff that your car doesn't need.......
162 = If you try to race a random car and realize you just raced him last week.......
163 = If you think the the 3G is the STUPIDEST idea ever......
164 = If you have had to remove your radiator fans, because they just don't fit in front of that Turbo.......
165 = If you capitalize the word Turbo as if it's a name......
166 = Youve explained what "DSM" means so many times, you have the speech memorised
167 = you go to an autoparts store and ask for Eagle Talon Parts hoping that those stupid people think they are cheaper than the Mistubishi Eclipe parts.
168 = youve spent at least an hour on how Turbo isnt the actual engine but a separate component, then you lose the people you are explaining it to at the "blow off valves"
169 = "What's a Talon?" "Its the same as the Eclipse" "what?!" "shut up and race"
170 = your wallet is full of autozone/autoparts reciets/lifetime warrantys in place of money
171 = If you have ever talked to someone who was sure that the Turbo in your car is a transmision.
172 = When at the strip you sit around with the Z28s and WS6 guys and talk shit about hondas
173 = when you hear "horsecock" you think of a shifter!
174 = When several people have nicknamed your car the "dumptruck" becuase of the replica exhaust note.
175 = When you spool right next to a kid with his window down and wwhHAA-- PSHSHhhh, blow off and break the poor kids neck, just becuse it's funny.
176 = When you're dad gets scared when you order more parts--becuase he drives a 350 small block with 410 gears.
177 = You know "who" Satan really is.
178 = The 10mm and 12mm sockets are the dirtiest in the set.
179 = You lose more 10mm and 12mm sockets in a month than most people do in 3 years.
180 = When the guy you are racing puts up his window in the middle of the race when you hit full boost.
181 = The black deposits on the rear bumper are now "part of the paint"
182 = You get scared if, when launching, you don't hear a series of loud thumps coming from under the car.
183 = You get worried if you STOP smelling fuel/oil/exhaust while driving.
184 = Your mind starts to race when your CEL goes off.
185 = You think the hump 'adds character'
186 = When something on the car breaks, you spend hours on the internet researching a better, faster, and cheaper part
187 = You have almost rear-ended too many people to count because you were trying to see if that was a gs-t or a gs etc.
188 = The word crankwalk is enough to give you chills, and you believe it is a product of 'satan'
189 = You KNOW something is wrong when your CEL goes away
190 = If on more than one occasion an old guy in a Vette has said "what the hell do you have in there"?
191 = If you buy a Super Sized drink, because you have a place to put it
192 = If you price out performance parts that you can't afford to buy
193 = If you get a sick feeling in your stomach every time someone tries to BS a track time
194 = If you own stock in an octane booster company
195 = If you have over boosted without consideration of the cosequenses, just to see what she does
196 = If you though you invented something, then later found a thread describing the same thing on DSMtalk
197 = If you have a favorite stop light
198 = If you drive around the puddles to stage
199 = If you PORT on Friday night, while your freinds are out drnking
200 = If you took your car to a shop that you didn't know, they would definately fail the inspection.
201 = If your exhaust could out flow sewer pipes
202 = If the first thing your passenger asks is "whats that smell"
203 = Every time you race, you have to put the dipstick back in
204 = you roll with your pop-ups down too be differnt.
205 = you sing "as i walk through the valley of main bearing death. i shal fear no crankwalk" while driving around.
206 = When you catch a rock to the hood on the highway and litterally shed a tear.
207 = When your favorite light has a huge black patch of Tire Bite spread all over the luanch area.
208 = When you look in the rearview between the 1-2 shift and scream-- "AHhh that one shot a flame!"
209 = If the person you just beat thinks you won because of the "rocket booster" disguised as a tail pipe.
210 = If when driving through the getto your car backfires and clears an entire neiborhood.
211 = When you have the only 4cyl in the area that won't pass a gas station.
212 = When the SES light comes on and the car is running better (for those of you with a test pipe instead of a cat).
213 = When you have more fun installing parts than actually using them
214 = People ask you what dyno shop you use for tuning, and you laugh at the thought.
215 = Your Palm pilot has no phone numbers or email addresses...it only has one real purpose
216 = You take it upon yourself to make your "special blend" race gas in your basement with supplies from Painting and Home improvement stores.
217 = You and the guys at Buschur, RRE, FP, and your local autoparts store are all on the first name basis.
218 = Your Links toolbar in Internet Explorer is DSMTalk, DSMTrader, Paypal, and goodguybadguy.org
219 = You know the tow company employees on a first name basis. And vice versa.
220 = You know what toluene is really used for.
221 = You have an urge to smack people who ask about 'vencting to atmosphere'.
222 = You swap out your stock fuel pump and wonder what else you can use it for.
223 = You know that this sig is all to true. --> "DSM's, turning ordinary people into mechanics since 1989."
224 = You install your Walbro 255lph Fuel Pump and save your stock one to pump oil in your tranny when you flush her...
225 = Your cellphone speed dial s are RRE, Conicelli Mitsubishi and your local AutoZone.
226 = you get goosebumps when you hear the word "shootout".
227 = you'd drive dozens of hours to go to Ohio but, you're too busy to take a family member to the store.
228 = you pack more stuff into your car for a day at the track than a NASCAR pit crew needs for the Daytona 500.
229 = you own a helmet because you CAN go faster than a 14.0
230 = you have a "special" gas can at home, that costs $40.00 to fill.
231 = Your girlfriend drives you around more times then you drive her
232 = The local garage calls you first when they bring in a wrecked DSM on a rollback (as in are you interested in buying it)
233 = Your left leg is larger in mass than your right one (act 2600 users)
234 = Everyone asks if you car is still running when you get out.
235 = some people like listening to the radio, you prefer your windows down listening to your turbo & bov.
236 = you walk around the house going "sssssssss pssssssht" "sssssss psssssssht"
237 = your mechanic calls u at 10:30 at night asking u how to turn ur car off
238 = You are your OWN mechanic
239 = you're friends gave up calling you on weekends.. wait what friends??
240 = u become utterly disturbed when u hear the terms "aluminum wing", "apc taillights", "wings west", "chrome wheels","body graphics","shift light", "honda", and "in-car neons"
241 = u shed a tear of joy once a year when u see a dsm in super street magazine
242 = u want to kill ur best friend when he spends $3000 on stereo equipment in his non-turbo eclipse
243 = ur girlfriend calls u obsessed and u smile
244 = u turn insane from the fzz fzz sound coming from ur rear speakers during a heavy-bass song
245 = during a hard launch, you ask your passenger to lean forward to prevent wheel hop
246 = you see a wrc evo and feel the need to say something along the lines of "i have that engine"
247 = If you get pissed at ebay when they return Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders auctions in your search results. 248 = You would rather post your 'personal' problems on DSM TALK than tell you friends.
249 = u start shit with kids on the honda forums site
250 = If you still scare the hell out of yourself every time you launch
251 = If your friends complain for you to turn on the A/C and you refuse cause it slows the car down.
252 = u found 9387498374 problems with the fast and the furious
253 = you are unimpressed with 13 second time slips
254 = you will never let friend drive your car for fear of his/her own saftey (torque steer into a tree)
255 = you are automatically attracted to girls who know what "dsm" stands for
256 = all of your friends insist your car is FAST buy you say how it will be faster after.....
257 = you spend hours staring at a wall thinking about your next upgrade or how to fix something.
258 = You know every possible use for the letters DSM.
259 = If you fit in Bracket 1 for Import Nationals, and Bracket 3 for the Shootout.
260 = If one look at your air can says that McGruff the Crimedog has a keen interest in intakes as well as crime.
261 = If your spark plug cover is held on by one bolt because you over-torqued the rest of them.
262 = Your friends know exactly where your BISS screw is, and fix your idle more then you do.
263 = You have 5 or more tools in your center console for everyday problems.
264 = Instead of sick days at work your boss has designated "DSM days"
265 = When your family gives you flashlights, blankets, roadside assitance kits, and First Aid kits for Christmas.
266 = When your pay more a month for repairs and/or mods then most people pay for insurance.
267 = your e-mail address or instant messaging screenname has something to do with your car
268 = You have Honduhs rev on you more often than R. Kelly visits a McDonalds Playplace
269 = You purposefully wheelhop when your girlfriend is in the car to make her boobs dance.
270 = If even in the freezing cold winter you roll down the windows when approching a tunnel, so that you can make the LOUDEST purge ever...
271 = If one of your first mods was tearing out your AC......
272 = If you can tell an entire story with smiles and no words.......
273 = When the honduh kids ask wat body kit you want you say "An RM Chin Spoiler"(2G)
274 = You have stock or stock sized rims on your car
275 = You get an evil-like grin on your face when a car pulls up beside you on the highway wanting to race, hears your BOV, and backs off.
276 = People refuse to race you based solely on the fact that they've seen the GSX/TSi badge on your car.
277 = you have a group on yahoo/aol im soley for dsm talkers/ mechanics, ect ect
278 = You'r Girlfriend only has a dsm because of you.
279 = It's faster than anything YOU own because she lets you work on it.
280 = youve actually seen this: vBulletin Message The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later.
and gotten extremely frustraited hitting refresh over and over again until the site let you in
281 = You will only date fellow dsmers...ha (ones that own your year/model car are even better)
282 = You have been hit on the back of your head with your hacthback more than once.
283 = Passenger say "oh shit" and scramble for something to hold on too during a hard launch.
284 = When people complain about the cost of 87 Octane gas, you shake your head knowing you have to pay alot more for premium.
285 = A car has actually given up 3 seconds into the race
286 = You wish you could just start over ... and do it all right.
287 = Being poor doesn't even bother you anymore.
288 = You drive around at a set RPM and make your passenger crawl around inside the car and find the rattle
289 = You have been hit on the back of your head with your hacthback more than once.
290 = Passenger say "oh shit" and scramble for something to hold on too during a hard launch.
291 = When people complain about the cost of 87 Octane gas, you shake your head knowing you have to pay alot more for premium.
292 = A car has actually given up 3 seconds into the race
293 = You consider mangling parts (crushed bov, hacked mas) a performance upgrade.
294 = there are rumors at your old highschool that your car runs 9's
295 = u met some good friends off of dsmtalk and other dsm related things
296 = You get REALLY pissed when people ask, "so does your car have VTEC in it?"
297 = Before you and your gf go out on a date, you pop your hood and check things out....just to be sure!!
298 = Your grandfather and dad keep complimenting the amount of power your "small 4 cylinder" puts out.. but still insists your car is a P.O.S. because it is always broke
299 = Your mom is pissed b/c she wasnt aloud to have her husband help her build a new garden last summer because he was helping you with your car everyday
300 = Your friend with a civic can't understand why he didn't beat you on the bottle... lol
301 = people try to explain that the hump on your hood is to make room for the turbo...even if your n/t
302 = When you have to go into your DSMtalk profile and take the checkmark out of the box that says "send email when replies are posted" due to the thread ".....You might be a DSMer"
303 = you clear your friends CEL
304 = you have to explain that it IS possible to run more than 10 psi of boost
305 = the only guage in ur car that u look at is ur boost
306 = your car looks like a chubby shark that is insanely happy because it is stoned out of it's mind.
307 = you have DSMers asking what the hell your car is (1.8l guys...i had to rep...no cam bulge)
308 = you have a group on all messenger programs for DSMers
309 = "DSM" shows up more than once in your cell phone's phone book
310 = you get more email about DSMs than junk mail
311 = you can make a whole sentence out of 3 letter abbrieviations and 4 letter words and still make sense to all of your friends.
312 = you have had more than one person ask you to pop your hood because they have never seen an engine like yours
313 = another n/t one, turbo guys opt to take your car because its running
314 = you have shown up to a DSM meet without your car (or like me and show up in a honda) because it died on the way
315 = you can tell the make(mitsu/eagle/plyth.)/model(RS-t,GS/T/X, TSi ect.)/year of any DSM in 3 seconds or less.
316 = you have articles of clothing that say DSM
317 = you have called Satan with oil all over your hands and asked a question pertaining to the part you just removed from your car.
318 = you have tranny fluid that is the consistancy of jello
319 = you have a magnetic tranny and engine oil drain plugs because you need them
320 = your friends nearly get into fist fights over shotgun
321 = you have measured your pile of extra car parts
322 = you have car parts in your bedroom closet
323 = you have weighed your audio equipment
324 = you hide your boost gauge
325 = you are in debt weather you know it or not
326 = the words timing and belt send chills down your spine
327 = your boss knows what dsmtalk/tuners is and is working on a way to block it
328 = you think that there is nothing sexier than a front mount
329 = you know that your car has more american parts on it than your neighbors ford
330 = 1.8 liter owners are con....tra....dic..ting?
331 = when you become VERY DEFENSIVE over your personal dsm choich...
332 = if you own the lowest model and the only bragging points you have are gas milage and a non-interference engine
333 = If you can get your 4cyl to a 12.5 1/4 for $775.
334 = If you can beat a good post into the ground..........you might be a DSMer
335 = If you visit the car wash daily or every other day
336 = If you take every single part out of your interior including all the plastic peices just for weight reduction.
337 = If you have pics of DSM's on your background and screen savers
338 = if you own a two car garage and you have 2 cars but yet it seems that the DSM always takes up both spots.
339 = if you park 1/4 mile away from you destination, or take up 2 or more parking spots
340 = if your boost controller blocks the way of you MPH gauge
341 = You decide to drive around just so people will look at you.
342 = your on a 100+ mile trip and your mom tells you to call when you get
there, and the call comes about an hour or two eariler than expected. Then you have some explaining to do.
343 = Instead of studding homework you read Import Tunner, or Super Street...
344 = If you take allys with tall building on each side just to hear your turbo hiss, your BOV, or your mufflers tone...
345 = if you put off paying bills just to order that part you have been saving up for forever...
346 = If your loan officer asked what you need a loan for and you answer "turbo upgrade"...
347 = If you would rather take pictures of your car over your girlfriend...
348 = if you would rather sleep in your car than your own bed...
349 = if you stay up all night on a work night just to clean your engine bay...
350 = the only reason you bought a digital camera was to take pics of you dsm
351 = you know the first names of the guys that work at TRE
352 = youre happy that your 14b/T25 died because you can now buy something
353 = your 'family' life consists of hanging out with the club to fix each others cars....
354 = if you look forward to racing V8s
355 = if you have agrued with 7 million people that your Talon/Laser is the exact same thing as an Eclipse
356 = if you visit the Mitsubishi dealership, even when you own an Eagle/Plymouth
357 = if you know what Galant VR4s are
358 = if you know your factory Wings/Bumpers are the best looking parts you can have on your car
359 = if you look forward to snowy winters
360 = if you know the purpose of "The Buldge"
361 = if you know that you dont need NOS to run a 1/4 mile in under 12 seconds
362 = if you spend more time washing your car than you do getting ready in the morning
363 = if you would rather own a 90-94 over a 95-99
364 = if youre little brother knows why DSMs are better then Hondas
365 = if you know the name of the city and state your car was made in
366 = if you would rather look at pictures of DSMs with shiny FMICs over pictures of naked women
367 = if your exhuast is the same size as a school bus's exhuast
368 = if you have been talking about the Evolution finally coming to the US for the last couple of years
369 = I see a lot of dirty DSM's (mine included, just too much shitty weather to keep it clean this past year )
370 = dude thats like 4-5 inches, not 3 (I have yet to see that size on a DSM
371 = You rationalize your 14b because someone Else has run 11's with theirs
372 = You get your car back from a 4 month wait, and drive it all night literally shedding tears of joy, because you love it more than anything...
373 = All your friends start buying GSX's because they got a ride in yours.
374 = You get pulled over when going snowboarding, because you don't have traction chains, but then point to the AWD sticker and the cop is stupified.
375 = You wish you had another car for commuting.
376 = You eat pieces of shit for breakfast. Oh sry, off topic.
377 = You are the only one on the road during a Level 4 Snow emergency...
378 = You do AWD drifts and donuts in an empty parking lot hoping the first person there in the morning says "Holy Shit.."
379 = You know there is a replacement for displacment; a BIGASS turbo.
380 = You know the secret to getting stuck bolts loose is just a little busted knuckle juice.
381- You put 50+ miles on your car "driving" because 94 octane dropped below $3 a gallon.
382- You take video's of your boost gauge so people believe you.
383- You own 2 or more DSM related parts cars "just in case"
384- you've made a hose splice out of the top of a laundry detergent bottle.
385- ^instead of replacing the hose you've made 3 more such splices...
386- You could white glove your engine, but wouldn't dare lean against the outside of your car in good clothes.
387- you own no "good" clothes, since you've been "under it" in all your good clothes.
388- You adjust your accessory belts with the seasons.
389- Your idea of "bling" consists of powder black wheels and a FMIC the size of a semi.
390- When you hit a bump and people walking outside your car hear your windows rattle.
391- You've spent more than an hour trying to get the Mitsubishi logo you just made to be "even" on all three diamonds.
392- You say you'd rather have the Talon cause its less noticeable, but its really because its resale is lower and your a poor son of a bitch.
393- You stock pile DSM's so you can drive them for the rest of your life.
394- You make the wager that you could still bury the swapped honda on 3 cylinders and prove it.
394- You've considered rigging an "oil tank" so you don't have to keep filling it back up.
395- You know what shearing off a fork sounds like. Twice.
396- Your grandparents answer the phone 397- You might be a DSM owner if you could remove and install your door panel in complete darkness in minutes.
398- If you could turbocharge ANY car using DSM parts...
399- You know what a Starion/Conquest is, and why it was made.
400- You have a balance shaft under your seat and not in the engine.
401- A "body kit" to you is a 99' eclipse front end with a lip spoiler.
402- You have neons under the dash for the sole purpose of being able to see what the F! your doing under there.
403- You've used over 5 feet of "helper" bar on an axle nut.
404- You actually know which timing cover bolts go where.
405- The only cat you have uses a litter box.
406- You can make a new banjo bolt out of a left over metric bolt in 5 minutes or less.
407- Your drivers side headlight has glaucoma.
408- You snap every bolt you crank down when working on any other car.
409- You've had to give a Honda owner the speech about engine swaps, you put in a motor... I'll turn a screw.
410- Your "build" pictures are in with baby, wedding, and pet pictures.
411- You remember what you were wearing when you saw your first 9 sec street tire DSM 1/4.
412- Atleast one of your headlights or tail lights doubles as a water storage facility for a small country.
413- You've actually seriously begged GOD to make it work... for ONE MORE DAY.
414- A slow day at work consists of 7 1/2 hours of dsmtalk, ebay, and your email.
415- You've forgotten to swap the plug wires to the OTHER coil.
416- You've rerouted your direct deposit to Sunoco and Autozone.
417- You've taken a loaded weapon into a dealership, "in case it was necessary."
418- If everytime you drive through the local shopping center women frantically reach for their children as they hear your turbo spool.
419- If you spend 30 mins. on your 15 min. break chasing after a DSM just to see what mods he has
420- If fixing your car is the most fun you can have on a weekend
421- If youre friends brag about how fast and cool your car is more than you do.
422- If people stop racing you when they hear your external dumptube & almost crap themselves.
423- If you've ever gone home to get your TSi when some clown wit a GS equipped wit axle-back and a UGLY drop is rollin around revving his car around you and your friends, just to shut him up
424- If you stick your head out the window at every stop to see if anything smells different.
425- If you buy one, figure you need another and end up with even more.
426- If you own more then one of the same color at different ends of the modification ladder to throw off local competition.
427- Your 18mpg daily driver turns into a low 11 sec monster on Saturday night with a change of fuel(93-->C16) and the twist of a MBC.
428- If your front tires stick out 1/2" from the wheel wells (1G)
429- If when you hit fuel cut, the Honda's ass you were kicking asks, "that was soo cool, how do I make flames come out my tailpipe" while being completely uninterested in beating you.
430- If the Ace Hardware guys restock the metric nut and bolt bins specifically for you.
431- If you've never dreamed of selling/trading your car because the blood you shed fixing it is worth more than the car.
432- If your friend who drives a 95 M3's first reaction to your car is, "but it's ugly" and a month later asks you to help him put a 16G on his "new car"
433- If you stare and say "that car is awesome" when a grand national passes and everyone in the car thinks you must be a hillbilly.
434- If you've explained to a Honda owner more than once that a 10hp intake + 20hp exhaust + 2hp plug wires + 3hp synthetic oil does not mean your 125hp civic now has 160hp.
435- You might be a DSM owner if this thread pops up every time you do a search. (
153>http://www.dsmtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79924&page=1&pp=25)
436- You're over joyed when you manage to do something to the car and keep your knuckles intact.

RACING IS NOT A SPORT by dan Black
danblackRacing.com

Ok, so I'm REALLY FED UP with people not considering auto racing not a sport.  So I took time to lay out some information to all for you to judge.

First I will let the philosophers define a sport since this is what I'm basing this debate on.  I know we all have our own opinions, and that's wonderful, but I feel like I need to write this to un-cloud some people I have talked to in the past.

DEFINE 'SPORT' (noun)
Answers.com says:
sport (spôrt, sp?rt) pronunciation  n.
   1.     a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
    b. A particular form of this activity.

   2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

M-W.com (Merriam-Webster) says:
Function: noun
1 a : a source of diversion : RECREATION b : sexual play c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2) : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in

3 a : something tossed or driven about in or as if in play b : LAUGHINGSTOCK

5 : an individual exhibiting a sudden deviation from type beyond the normal limits of individual variation usually as a result of mutation especially of somatic tissue

Dictionary.reference.com says:

sport /spawrt, spohrt -noun

1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2. a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.

Okay, you get the point.  You sweat, it's physically exhaustive, mentally draining, but you love it.

Let's look at two categories of sports everyone knows and rarely disagrees about being a 'sport'.

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INDIVIDUAL SPORTS
These sports rely upon the physical activity of an individual to get an object(s) to a certain point to win.  In golf, they use a ball.  In Disc Golf, it's a disc.  Sometimes you are to score points based on style, creativity, and difficulty, like in the sport of surfing and XGames sports like BMX dirt jumping.  In those cases they are using a surfboard, bicycle, inline skates, etc.

Main gear:  the ball, the club, the disc, the bike, the board, etc.

Personal Gear: They rely upon special clothing for their movements, temperature, and surrounding conditions. They also need safety equipment, special footwear, eye-ware, and gloves.

Location: indoors or outdoors, some times even dedicated stadiums and fields

Training: Some require more strength training will other require mental fitness.  Some of these sports may requite agility training due to quick sharp movements that may cause injury if not properly addressed.

Examples:
Golf
Disc Golf
Wrestling
Skateboarding
BMX dirt jumping
Track & Field singles

What do you need to win? Know your opponents weaknesses, be mentally AND physically fit, and know the most you can about every facet of that sport.  A lack of mental strength usually means losing.  A lack of mental and physical strength will result in losing and injury.

What's the Goal? Most often the goal is to get the object to the point where they can score points, or impress the judges.

Agree?  Ok let's move on…

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TEAM SPORTS
These sports rely upon the physical activity of all members to reach one goal, win.  Often, a 'coach' or other type of manager is involved to motivate and organize the events.  These sports usually involve getting some type of object like a ball into a certain area to gain points.

Main gear:  the bat, the ball, the puck, nets, goals, etc

Personal Gear: They rely upon special clothing for their movements, temperature, and surrounding conditions. They also need safety equipment, special footwear, eye-ware, and gloves.

Location: indoors or outdoors, some times even dedicated stadiums and fields.

Training: Some require more strength training will other require mental fitness.  Some of these sports may require agility training due to quick sharp movements that may cause injury if not properly addressed.

Examples:
Soccer
Hockey
Football
Baseball
Track & Field relays

What's the Goal? Most often, the goal is to get the object to the point where they can score points.  This is a team effort.  If can not be done alone!!!  No Rambos allowed!
 
What do you need to win? You have to be a team player!!!!  These sports are designed so that all members are important.  Everyone is needed to win!  You need to support each other in getting mentally and physically stronger to play the game.

What's the Goal?  Typically, cross the finish line, or make the most goals (points).

Do you agree?  I thought you would.  Ok let's finish up.

From my experience most 'non-gearhead' Americans only think of one thing when they hear the term 'racing'….NASCAR.  Just for your personal knowledge in becoming well-rounded, NASCAR is only one of many types of racing.  People often seem to forget about:

Boats
Semis, pronounced 'seem-i's". (A.k.a. Tractor-trailers without the tractor)
Go-Karts
Motorcycles
Trucks
Delivery trucks (yes you read that right)
ATV's (4-whelers)
Dune buggies
Air planes
And of course, cars

Now let's take only eight of those ten categories and multiple those times 3 or more.  Why?  This is because they vehicles may be raced indoors, outdoors, on asphalt, dirt, snow, sand, and even ice.  Yes, ice.

So to get to the point I'll simply Copy & Paste the sections from the Individual and Team Sports.

Viola, ok here we go.  Remember, 'racing is not a sport'

RACING (remember, not a sport)

Ok, you'll probably get upset that this first statement because well, racing is not a sport, but I'm using the basis of team sports to get this going.

Racing sports rely upon the physical activity of all members to reach one goal, win. How so? They are just getting in or on some gas guzzling object and going fast right? Well, right.  But, who set up that machine?  Hmm, the mechanics - similar to the people in the locker room helping the football players get their tape on.  In team racing events like the well-known NASCAR, there is a manager who organizes the whole team, and other positions like quarterbacks to manage event operations.  They have to motivate and organize the events and team players to make it all happen.  But well, this is not a sport still because no one is training hard like the big baseball and football players, and there's no super-athletic player like the fast soccer and hockey individual.  Ok I see your point.  No it's a lie that drivers and riders go though special mental endurance exercises , and that they have rigorous strength and endurance routines to be able to handle the machine they use that has no power options like what we drive and ride everyday. They are not swinging a stick hard, running to catch a ball, or even, smashing into each other like Ruby players.

Ok I get your point you win.  I suppose fighting a steering wheel or handle bars for dozens or hundreds of miles isn't' all that hard - even if you are in a 100+ degree fire suit.  It's also not a big deal (not mentally challenging) to do all of this with limited peripheral vision, and poor visibility due to blizzards (rally racing), snow, rain..water, mud and sand splashes.  I suppose any of us could handle that at around 100 - 200 M.P.H. any day since we do that on the highway all the time right?  I meant, how hard could it be for motocross riders to get pounded for 20- 30 minutes, while launching 10 to 25 feet in the air landing on hard slippery ground while wearing a helmet that restricts visibility of what's heading towards you are 50 m.p.h. below.  Not a big deal I suppose.  That helmet that weights 4 lbs. doesn't do a thing to the stress on your neck.  And geeze, those stupid NASCAR drivers going 160 to 195 mph, fighting the lack of power steering, no genuine air condition, no peripheral vision due to safety gear, no side mirrors to avoid the other car 6 inches away, while fighting cross winds is easy.  No sweat.  Seriously, I'm not sweating.  And that steering is so easy to control at that speed, without power steering.  And wow, where's the team effort?  Those pit crews quickly lifting 30 to 40lb wheels super fast takes no effort.  Who can't change four wheels in 10 seconds? That takes no skill whatsoever. And please, mechanics.  Turning a wrench is easy, especially after hours and hours, bending over, and carefully matching up data to the racing rules, up all hours of the night working on projects for the next day.   No skill, no endurance in racing or with the teams.

Main gear:  the car, the bike, the boat, or other external object like in other sports

Personal Gear: They rely upon special clothing for their movements, temperature, and surrounding conditions. They also need extensive safety equipment. They use special footwear for quick pedal movements using both feet. Polarized eye-ware and gloves are a must..

Location: indoors or outdoors, some times even dedicated stadiums and fields. Mountains, cliffs, and waterways.

Training: Mental fitness is a must. Whilst physical strength is more dominant in bike and external riding sports, endurance may play a higher role in the in-vehicle sports. Some of these sports may require agility training due to quick sharp movements that may cause injury if not properly addressed.  This is especially true on motocross and ATV racing

Examples:
NASCAR < -- boring but fun at the end
Drag racing < ok
Hydroplanes < wow
Rally Cross < super wow
Off-Road Rally !!!!!!!!
Hill- climbs
Road racing!!!!!!!!!
F1 - ok
D1
Super cross
Baja
Kart Racing
CART
Minis
Modified
The list goes on…

What's the Goal? Most people believe racing is only about the finish line. BUZZZ!  Wrong answer.  Most racing events also have a point s system. In some races you can never get first place, and still be the champion for the year.
 
What do you need to win? You have to be a team player!!!!  These sports are designed so that all members are important.  You can do crap without your team (mechanics, managers, etc.) understanding what you have experienced with your vehicle on the track, just like how a rugby or soccer football player reports about plays, audible commands, and movements that the coach did not pick up.  Everyone is needed to win!  You need to support each other in getting mentally and physically stronger to win.

What's the Goal?  Typically, cross the finish line, or make the most goals (points).

Well, you see Racing is not a sport.  It's easy, anyone can do it, it takes not energy, and you won't or be sore.
 
Seriously, if you really think anyone can race a vehicle, and that it's not athletically challenging (a sport), well, then after reading all this… you're an idiot. And for those of you who think its a redneck sport, it's not.  Do I look like a fucking redneck to you?  Do your research and you'll find out that most tuners and racers are white collar workers.

BOTTOM LINE: If you hot, you sweat, it hard, you train, you break things.  It's a sport g*ddamit. 



Dan Black Racing has spoken
danblackRacing.com
 


 

To go from Point A to Point B (1/4 mile)....



Best part is, this car is street legal and driven daily. I think wet myself...

Get your meds today!!!