Author: GreenCaboose

The End of the World as We Know It

Like half of America and most of the world I’m still in utter shock.  Writing this to put some words down to sort things out. I’ve been reading a lot of people dealing with their grief by saying we need to...

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Where to Live?

Hey, anyone remember November, 2004?  Really depressing, I know.  Like a lot of people my wife and I seriously considered moving to other countries.   She has an EU passport so that would have made things simpler....

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Nissan Leaf – now is the time

I’ll keep this short.   Yes, the Nissan Leaf has a high MSRP – over $35k.   But demand is way down due to the drop in gas prices.   Nissan is advertising the SV (lower end model) for a lease of...

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Romney a numbers guy????

In the post-election analysis I keep seeing this meme that Romney was a numbers guy, and so the punditry was surprised that his campaign was so unprepared to lose the vote.   Consider, for example, the final paragraph of...

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An election night observation

I mean to post this election night but just wasn’t possible. At 7:30 pm Mountain Time I called my wife to say I was heading home from a day as a Democratic poll watcher.   She told me that she was worried as the exit...

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