OK, so I got a new car. This winter was sheer murder on the Hedgehog, which was becoming nothing short of a death trap. When both headlights spontaneously extinguished on my ride home one night last week, I decided that I didn't enjoy driving a 13-year-old car anymore. Despite my adversity to car payments, it was time for me to trade up to something a little more fitting to my station in life. So I went to the car store and bought a 2007 Focus.

I'm not including a photo of it with this post because its covered with salt and sludge right now and besides, it's just a Focus like any other. You can Google it if you don't know what one looks like. It's the SE model. The 4-door coupe. Black. OK, it's this.

Anyway, what I'm getting at is that the factory-installed CD player in the car also plays mp3 CDs, and this is going to allow me to embark on my nerdiest project yet. So far I've only made one mp3 CD -- a mix of 9 hours of songs I like, intended to be played on random. But this got me to thinking.

Nine hours of random songs that you've pre-approved is like the best radio station imaginable. You never hear anything you hate, but if you do hear a song you're not in the mood for, you can veto it. There are no commercials. No annoying DJ's voice. But unlike a standard mix tape or disc, it's completely unpredictable and you can listen to it many, many times before you get sick of it.

So what if I not only had one of these CDs, but actually filled the CD holder on my visor with these "stations" to create a visor lined with "presets" if you will. Some would have upbeat songs, some would have slow songs. Some might rock hard, some might just groove. Maybe one would be just for rainy days. There would definitely be one for driving in the dark along a lonely road and possibly getting abducted by Sasquatch.

If you need me, I'll be in one of two places: crouched over my computer making yet another "station," or halfway to Canada listening to god knows what next, while Bigfoot rides shotgun.