January 2, 2007: Memorial for President Gerald Ford Day

The major US markets are closed today to honour our recently departed ex-President Gerald Ford. Gerald Ford was president of the United States when I was born in 1976 and so it is especially sad for me to have him now gone. This definitely marks the passing of time for me. Dominica was born under …

December 29, 2006: Back to New York

My life has involved an insane amount of driving since somewhere around 1999 and even before then I was doing quite a bit.  Whether it was back and forth to Michigan every several weeks, surprise trips to Chicago or Maine or whatever, I have always been up for a road trip.  But the last seven …