AND WE HIT THE TRIFECTA

A California entrepreneur is pushing his gift idea to make driving less onerous, what with packed highways, road rage and soaring gas prices. Meet the “AutoVase.” It’s just what you think it is: A vase for flowers that clips to your air vent on the dashboard. The idea is that a fresh flower will make you … well, we don’t know what exactly, but it’s a nice thought. Still, a view of the thing at AutoVase.com makes it look like a shortened test-tube with a clip on it. And at $7.99 each, we think we’ll stick with that pine-scented, tree-shaped hanging piece of cardboard we can get at the car wash. Mmmmm: Fresh Pine.