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Well, it took three days to get my car out of the snowbank. Let me explain. On Wednesday night, before the Nor’easter hit our area, residents of the Town and Village of Green Island were told to take their cars off the streets, so the streets could be properly plowed. Residents could park their cars…

So I ran a few errands yesterday. Dropped off a big bag of empties to the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society (they’re finally taking bottles and cans again, so every 5c deposit bottle and can garners them 8c in donations). Zipped over to Walmart to purchase a few kitchen items. And on the way home, I…

There are several things that I love about my car. It’s a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, it’s nicknamed “Dracourage” as a portmanteau of “dragon” and “courage,” it gets great gas mileage, it’s dependable, and it does exactly what I need it to do. But there’s one thing about Dracourage that always concerns me. Wintertime. In the…

I’m not a fan of planned obsolescence. Planned obsolescence is when a product is designed in such away that it will immediately stop working at a certain time, forcing you to buy a new product to replace it. You know, like when your iPhone starts slowing down just in time for the new iPhone’s debut.…

I had plenty of chores for yesterday … a big bag of soda bottles to drop off at the humane society (they get 8 cents/bottle don’tcha know), pick up some chicken breasts at Primal, all that stuff. So as I’m driving out of my neighborhood, I happened to spot a young man who was trying…

Last Saturday, I took my 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, “Dracourage,” to DePaula Chevrolet for its annual inspection and registration update. And as they went over the car from fender to fender, I waited (fully masked up, as part of our new world) in their waiting room. And I realized, in those moments … this car has…

You know the drill by now.  As much as I appreciate the staff and repair shop at DePaula Chevrolet, and as much as I appreciate their diligence in taking care of my 2013 Chevrolet Cobalt “Dracourage”, there are moments when I wonder if they actually value me as a human being or if they just…

So on Friday morning, I was in a good mood, I had to run a few errands in the morning, the weekend looked great, and … By Friday afternoon, my mood had changed completely. Follow me on this. It’s Friday morning, and I’m driving through Schenectady taking care of a few things.  And all of…