Nowadays, there are all sorts of nifty electronic gadgets (like today’s FM Transmitter) that you can plug into your car’s cigarette lighter and power using your car’s battery.  I’ve used my car’s cigarette lighter to power my iPod’s FM transmitter, my GPS locator, my cell phone, an electronic air filter, and a George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling Machine (don’t ask).  Pretty much the only thing I’ve never used my car’s cigarette lighter for is lighting a cigarette. 

Is it even accurate to call these little sockets cigarette lighters anymore?  Who uses them to smoke?  My current car didn’t even come with lighters to plug into them—just little black caps that you take off when you want to plug in your TomTom.  It’s still legal to smoke in your car, I think, so what happened to the lighters?  If no one uses them to light anything, what are we supposed to call these little holes in our dash?  AC outlets?  Car plugs?  That sounds stupid!  And if they aren’t lighters anymore, why do we still only get one per car?  I’ve got like five things I need to plug in!

Now I’m upset.  Anybody got a smoke?