A Texas man drove his $1,000,000+ car into the marshes. He blamed a low-flying pelican and the fact that he dropped his cell phone for his veer off the road and into the marsh. It isn't clear what damages the sports car has but it will be sure to come with a price tag that might be more than a year’s income for many of us. And it will most likely need to return to France in order to be repaired properly.

The world's fastest and priciest car is the French Bugatti Veyron. The luxury car can reach up to 253 mph. The car has a 16 cylinder engine that produces 1001 horsepower. Bugatti's have the power to go from zero to 60 miles per hour in three seconds and zero to 180 in 14 seconds.

The price tag is anywhere in the $1.2 million range. This car makes James Bond's car look like a Chevy Malibu in comparison. Besides being incredibly expensive this is an awesome car. I don't pretend to know much about cars but I did read a lot of mumbo jumbo about pistons and cylinders and horsepower multiplied by something equals so many liters of gas and blah blah blah.

All I have to say is that you don't have to know much or even understand to know that this is a beautiful machine. But one thing that was easy to understand is that engines get more power when there is more air in the cylinders. So this car has turbochargers that allows the engine to remain compact but has so much more power because there's more air pumped into the cylinders on each intake stroke.

So turbocharging allow you the ability to cut the size of the engine from 16 liters to 8 liters. In order to make the car run there is a massive radiator to handle the waste heat burning 1.33 gallons of gasoline per minute. The car also has seven gears along with a "paddle-driven, computer controlled shifting system."

Now for the important part that the owner apparently forgot to pay attention to: how to drive it. He must have been flying incredibly fast since this car goes so fast and he drove into a marsh rather than hit a bird. It probably would have been better to hit the bird than to drive your entire car into the water. The water would mess everything up instead of just the windshield of part of the hood.

It was in water up to about the windows. That means the engine, part of the interior, and the stereo systems and everything would have been wet and messed up. Like I said taking out the bird would have been the better option. Especially since pelicans are in anything but short supply.

The Burgatti Veyron is an absolutely beautiful luxury car. The French are masters when it comes to the engineering, performance, and sleekness of the car. No wonder is ranked the fastest but most expensive car it's unparalleled when it comes to luxury cars.

Some of the ugliest people in the world are Britons according to the new dating Website that only allows "beautiful people" to join. Statistics from the site are quite astonishing. They show only one in eight British men make it onto the site and only three in 20 women. The site BeautifulPeople.com is an elite dating site that rates how attractive potential members are over a 48 hour period.

Once your application and photo are submitted existing members of the opposite sex vote on whether or not to admit you to the site. Members rank your looks by choosing one of the following options: "Yes definitely," Hmm yes, O.K." Hmm no, not really" and "No definitely not."

Applicants after uploading their recent photo and personal profile, are voted on by users and emailed back if they met the criteria within two days. By looking at the users on the site you can see that Swedish men and Norwegian women are the most attractive and have a better chance of getting on the site. About 65 percent of Swedish men and 76 percent of Norwegian females make it onto the site.

This site is very critical of looks and not ashamed to admit it. The site began in Denmark in 2002 but went global last month. Since then there have been over 1.8 million rejected applicants from 190 countries and only 360,000 new members. So basically you have a 20 percent chance of getting on the site.

As for people that are rejected, many are Brits. The managing director believes that the British are having a particularly difficult time getting onto the site because they "don't spend as much time polishing up their appearance and they are letting themselves down on physical fitness." He also states "Next to Brazilian and Scandinavian beauties, British people just aren't as toned or glamorous."

Brits aren't the only ones struggling to make the cut. The only men that did worse on the site than the British were Russian and Polish. However, Russian women had a 44 percent acceptance rate. Polish women didn't even appear on the list. Germans have also faced a difficult time because "they provide unflattering photos that hurt their acceptance rate."

If you aren't laughing yet about how shallow this site is; something is wrong! The homepage of the site is also quite hilarious. Supposedly CNN has rated it the "the sexiest website in the world today." Now that is some consolation! It also lists five bullet points one of which asks "do you want to guarantee your dates will always be beautiful?" Then it also says "No more filtering through unattractive people on mainstream sites." And at the bottom of the homepage it reads "Too ugly to sign up? Click here to browse BeautifulPeople as a guest." Give me a freaking break!!!

The only thing this site does is help shallow people find one another. There's nothing better than starting a relationship between two egotistical individuals. And of course a strong foundation for a relationship is looks. I can just picture their fights now. "I'm better looking than you" vs. "No, I'm better looking than you. I got checked out and picked up on more times last night than you did by three times…" This sounds like the beginning of a beautiful and longlasting relationship.

I don't think there is a worse idea than putting two vain and self-centered people together. This is bad for these special people because they will both want the attention of everyone and there will be a power struggle. "Beautiful People" need to be with ugly people that show them what life is really about and have the patience to serve as a buffer between vanity and the general population. These people need to get over themselves and find something else to worry about besides dating ugly people.
 

You may think you're prepared for what will happen in your life, but you're not. There are major events that can change the outcome of your life. You may get married, have children, lose your job, or go through a messy divorce. All four of these events will not only change your life but heavily impact your finances.

Whether you choose to do these actions in life they all come with change whether it's good or bad. These changes that you make will have a major and lifetime impact on yourself and your finances. The best thing to do is prepare. Start by saving up and do not allow yourself to get in the red. Live within your budget and save because if you have a hefty savings and you're unemployed you can live off of the money saved up until you can find full time work or it can subsidize a part time or temporary position.

One of the most important steps you will take in your life is marriage. If you aren't married yet, live frugally because when you decide to marry you will have two different sets of debt. It's also important to talk about your debt and financial plans before you tie the knot. One you're married it will be two times as difficult to pay off the debt than when you're single.

Also make sure you know the debt your fiancée is carrying around because it will affect your finances and the stars in your eyes may disappear permanently. After the honeymoon you should sit down together and talk about your goals in life and then how to pay for them. You also need to consider long and short term savings as well as mutual funds, bonds, and etc.

The second life changing decision is to have children. They are a blessing but important steps need to taken when you decide to have children. Ideally you should have most debts paid off, good credit and both short and long term savings accounts. You should also save up because babies are expensive and it's a great idea if possible to save up six months worth of living expenses. Another important thing to do is sign up for life insurance as soon as possible so your baby is protected financially if something happens to you.

Employment is also a factor that can mess up your finances. Layoffs and unemployment are common in today's world. If you still have a job make sure that part of your paycheck is going towards savings so that you can buy the necessary items to survive. Losing a job will impact your finances and if you have a spouse, children, a house a car payment and other expenses; money needs to be coming from somewhere. But once you are unemployed don't live the same lifestyle and put on the bills on a credit card. Start by cutting back and make a list of your expenses then calculate your current income and try to cut back enough that you're expenses are less than your income. If you're still over the budget, cut the unnecessary spending and get rid of you're high payments like a car or motorcycle.

Besides marriage, children, and unemployment, the big breakup or divorce is also going to change your financial situation. More than 40 percent of marriages in the U.S. end in divorce. If you are getting divorced you will face emotional and financial problems. If you're going through a divorce meet with your financial advisor ASAP. Try to reorganize your investments and make sure that you never stop saving. You may have less money but you can still save up and live a financially independent life.

Life is unpredictable and you never know what will happen. By saving, you can plan for those unexpected turns in your life. If you aren't prepared and have no savings, your finances can shortly get out of control. Prepare yourself and when changes occur, quickly adjust because finances play an important role in our life and they can either make it or break it.