It is New Year’s Eve here in Baghdad-on-the-Potomac, and I am gearing up, as I am sure you are at your place. The champagne is chilled. The Happy Hour White is selected and on ice. Let the games begin! The government fiscal year ends tonight at Midnight, and we great FY-2012 the second after the […]

(The former Naval Station at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Eco Touring on the peninsula to the upper left. Photo Wikipedia.) Wah-hoo! Talk about your interconnected world- he Bundestag- the German Parliament- approved the expansion of the bailout fund for the PIIGs- Portugal, Italy, Greece and sometimes Ireland. This is supposed to be the most important […]

We are between fronts here in Washington. The rain came down in sheets this morning, complete with thunder and lightning in the growing light. I take note because I am on foot this morning, due to an embarrassment of autos, which may be a sign of the times. The Bluesmobile is back in the fold […]

Thank God people are acting like grownups this morning. After dipping their toes in catastrophe in Europe, Angela Merkle had a smile-ex with the euro-region leaders, who have agreed to “erect a firewall around Greece” to avert a cascade of market attacks on other European states. The Senate here reached an agreement to forestall a […]

I don’t know how many more precision drives I have got in my system. Glad to be back, of course, but the Sunday passed in a sort of daze. My joints ached from being seated at the wheel for the better part of Saturday, and the repeats of all the shows on NPR that I […]

It was an awesome drive, and I managed a personal best for elapsed time over the route from The Little Village By the Bay to Arlington. The Caddy  covered the 776 miles in 12:03:34. Legal speed limit estimates on the GPS indicated a baseline of 13 hours, 13 minutes, without allowance for Brief Stops for […]

I have to give this trip mixed reviews. It was overdue, and this situation clearly needs more attention. I don’t know how to do that. As usual, as the moment of departure nears, I am torn. I am happy to be going, eager to be home, and yet…. And yet. There are several loose ends […]

“It was Albert Einstein, no less, who proposed more than 100 years ago that nothing could travel faster than the speed of light. But science world was left in shock when workers at the world’s largest physics lab announced they had recorded subatomic particles traveling faster than the speed of light. If the findings are […]

It is rainy and gray again today. The Bay looks strange- there is a white highlight to the north shore at Harbor Springs that is so silver it could be ice. I got lost in Dad’s office last night. I went down to take the new microwave out of the packing and check how the […]

If you are going to drive yourself crazy, I strongly recommend the new Cadillac SRX performance cross-over. It handles like a dream. The Sirius satellite radio offers a couple hundred discrete channels. The engine is powerful and it tracks with precision. I love the Humbrismobile, but the German machine demands your attention at all times. […]