"You look like an idiot in that car!!!" Yeah, that's what some guy who was probably in his late teens shouted to me when I pulled out of a parking lot the other day. He was walking along the road with a bunch of his friends who all laughed when he said it. 'Stick and stones... blah blah blah.' -- that phrase is a bunch of crap. Words hurt. Now, to be quite frank, while I may sometimes think that I look like this while driving my little 1996 Miata... ...this one may very well be more accurate... ...anyway. Regardless of whether or not I look ridiculous doing anything, words like that have an effect. Of course, I know that I shouldn't take the guy seriously, and I know that he probably doesn't get how much words affect people, and doesn't yet get that there is a cost to making yourself feel good in front of your friends... but it still had an impact. I wanted to turn the car around and ask him what kind of car he drove... I wanted to turn the car aroun...