It does not convert: A few reminisces and observations on my recent trip to India, part one

A cow in Chennai

A negotiation over the price of sea shells reveals that value is in the eye of the beholder and as a colleague brilliantly put it when comparing the US to India in general:  It doesn’t convert and we can be both different and the same. “Be honest. How bad does it smell there?”  The question… Continue reading It does not convert: A few reminisces and observations on my recent trip to India, part one

My sixth six-speed roadster and a few reflections on aging after a half lifetime of cars

Cars are, in a sense, milestones in our lives. When I “finally” got my first roadster in 2002 it seemed a lifetime of driving had passed already, though it hadn’t even been ten years since I got my license and I couldn’t have predicted I’d have five more, spanning more than twenty.  Technically, the headline… Continue reading My sixth six-speed roadster and a few reflections on aging after a half lifetime of cars