Carmel Valley Road. Where I learned the fine art of leaning my 1978 KZ650 into turn after turn after turn. Came a little close sometimes and am frankly surprised I survived. Glad I did, though.

‘Cuz.

If honesty was enough, my car would have sold weeks ago. Fair price, numerous photos, accurate description and what happens? High bidders turn out not to have, “told my wife,” they were bidding on a car and the checkbook is in her purse. Or, “if you really want to sell it, you’ll take over $2000 less than its worth.…

Of course, in desert areas like Phoenix, Tucson, etc., they don’t work since drawing 110 degree air from ground level and exhausting it through the roof means it’s still 110.

Science is never settled. That’s the point of science. Always question, always observe, always test, always learn what’s new. So, when practically every test and study and data point makes a correlation between human-produced emissions and global, not regional, climate change, then most reasonable people can say this…

You know there's a difference between the word real and reel, right?

So, is it a, "highlight real shot by," vis-a-vis a highlight fake shot, or a, "highlight reel shot by?" What would a fake shot look or sound like?

Actually, each year we send a large, heavy package with holiday presents across the country. UPS wanted to charge $120 to send the package this past year with delivery taking 7-10 days. USPS? $35 with delivery within 7 days.

Coffee roasting and coffee drinks. A full cafe on wheels and fresh-roasted-to-order beans. Watch for my Kickstarter ...

It pays for itself. Always has. At least, until Congress required USPS to pre-pay for over 70 years of pensions; a stupid requirement only intended to deplete the coffers and create a false USPS budget deficit. The law with this requirement was drafted by people committed to pay back their campaign funders who just…

We own a 500L and it's a pretty great car. No turbo lag (important when surrounded by Phoenicians ... the world's worst drivers and one needs to get out of their way), comfortable on long trips, and reliable. It's roomy enough to carry all our gear for the farmer's market where we sell our coffee on Saturdays, and…

Yep. Small pickup. Turbo Diesel.

We own and love our 500L. It's the right size, right price, and we can load up all we need for our Saturday stint at the Farmer's Market ... booth, tables, chairs, product, everything. We also live in a, "senior-rich," environment during snowbird season and invariably some old, white guy notices it's a Fiat and chirps…

$1000-1500, maybe. Had an '84 I bought for $900 and drove it 'til it died. Had it towed away to support PBS ... fitting end for a Volvo.

My parents stuck me in the back. Then, got pissed when I started throwing up from car sickness. My undying hatred of station wagons is rooted in that experience.

Not T-tops. A dumb, wanna-be-convertible effort. After a couple years, they'd leak. And, the constant roasting in the sunlight gets old after a while.

Decals on fiberglass or plastic! Yay!

Rearward-facing seats ... also car sickness-inducing in many people. Yes, we need more of that.

That's just wrong.

Considering everyone was driving one or a car like it, a chase at 70 is still a chase.