Somewhere, in the middle of a vast prairie, a factory sits churning out award winning cars in ’round the clock shifts by happy employees.
The seventh-generation Chevy Malibu is a popular little mid-sized sedan and is sent from this spot to the far reaches of where buyers will settle for buying them. This is what happens [...]

Part 2 of a post in which I begin with a brief history of the brand known as Toyota and dissolve into opinion, conjecture, leaked insider information and rumor; therefore communicating a story (without fear mongering above what the press has already created) about the consumer experience and small businesses and yet dispelling the highfaluting [...]

Recently there was a repeat showing of Top Gear on BBC America about the Honda Civic Type R that was updated for the UK market in 2007. It reminded me of how a slightly used older generation of the same model can be a better investment and even a better drive but it is also [...]

I always loved when Daylight Savings started in the autumn as a teenager.
Curfew was at midnight but on that last Saturday in October it meant that midnight was actually 1 AM.
Now the time change comes a week later ( which honestly, was so confusing this last week, I text messaged three friends in California to [...]

Mae & Nubbyns. I love my dogs. I love my dogs so much that last year I spent more after veterinarian than I did at the pediatrician. Or on insurance for my daughter and myself. Or on food. WellŠ that last one is not true. My dogs love me, they love each other, they love [...]

Today is a very special day. I was woken by my daughter before 6 AM so that I could get dressed and get out of the house with her to walk to her high school with enough time to stop by our closest independent purveyor of fine organic coffees . On a normal day I [...]

My former mother-in-law is famously quoted as saying:
There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.
What most do not know is that she usually would go on to add “And hamsters don’t love anybody.”
I am thinking of this because my daughter, a full on 14 year old, a girl version of [...]