We Midwesterners are pretty well accustomed to driving in some of the worst conditions Mother Nature can bestow – rain, sleet, ice, snow, wind, etc.  Sure there are still those idiots, particularly those who drive large, intimidating SUV’s, who just seem…

Happy New Year, and thank you for not noticing that I was on hiatus for the last two weeks.  I appreciate your patience and discreet manner in which you let me slide for the last two Wednesdays of 2012.  Now,…