When I was a kid, watching Saturday morning cartoons, there was nothing so tantalizingly amazing as the commercials for Disney on Ice. Disneyland? Yeah, we knew we were probably not going there, but Disney on Ice?! That was coming to US! Chances are you knew way more people who had been to Disney on Ice […]
Category Archives: Driving
A Close Call With a Large Truck
The roads were bad when I dropped Ruby off at climbing, and they were worse when I drove to my rehearsal. By the time I got out and prepared to make my way home, the snow, ice, sleet, hail, and general slush falling from the sky had made them almost impassable. I pulled my hood […]
A Child’s Reaction to the First Snow of Winter
Okay, look, I know that we had a few late night flurries last week, and I know that it is not technically winter yet, but my children did not see that snow, and as far as they are concerned, if it’s snowing, it’s winter. So let us start with the baseline assumption that, according to […]
Yelling at Road Signs
Some might say that I am easily distracted. I just say that I notice everything. Not for very long, but I notice things. And it’s not just squirrels. For instance when I was younger I had this fear that I was going to be the victim of a hit-and-run accident, and I knew that getting plowed […]
Vermont’s Ban on Driving While Using Handheld Devices Begins Today! – A Guide to What You Can and Cannot Use
It’s finally here. October 1st. Starting today drivers in the state of Vermont will no longer be legally able to use handheld devices while driving. For some people this will have no effect, since they have always held the view that operating a motor vehicle while doing something else at the same time is dangerous […]
Edward Learns to Drive
If you ever want to get Edward a present, just make sure it has wheels on it. Planes, trains, cars, motorcycles, fire trucks, bulldozers, and bicycles are all fair game. And if you want to sweeten the pot, you could make sure the thing actually moves on its own. Pull it backward and let it […]
To Beat the Marathon, You Must Become the Marathon
I was just trying to follow the rules and get to work. Unfortunately my work often takes place on Sunday morning, marathon or no marathon. But I carefully read and studied the signage and knew that, while I generally left my house around 8:45, the main road downtown would be closed at 8:30. I would […]
Buying a Car For Your Teenage Six-Year-Old
When you buy an old car at a low price, you know that it is not a long-term investment. My mother, I assume through her vast network of underworld connections, has somehow managed to purchase a continuing string of vehicles for $500 each. These cars are terrible. Sometimes the wheels fall off on the highway […]
You Never Quite Get Over Your First Love (Even When it Ends Badly)
Perhaps it is my father’s fault, for loving so fiercely that I couldn’t help but be caught up in it all. Or maybe it’s just me, and I would have loved the same, with or without him. But my first love, and my eternal true love, was a bright red 1991 Mazda 323. It was […]
A Few Corrections From Ruby
Yesterday I regaled you with a tale of our travails as we visited the whale tails, however I have been informed by my daughter Ruby that the version I told to you was woefully incomplete, and that I clearly left out the most important part of the story. And so, in an attempt to set […]