Sergio Troncoso's Blog: Chico Lingo, by Sergio Troncoso, page 22

Viejitos

I have really excellent parents.  The only problem is that they drive a new Toyota Camry, and I'm worried it will be a death trap for them.  Of course, I had them take it to the dealer, and the dealer in El Paso said their car wasn't part of the recall.  But do I trust the dealer or Toyota?  Didn't I just see a report of a runaway Toyota (which had been given a clean bill of health by a dealer) that had to be stopped with the help of a California highway patrolman?  The driver was so shaken u...

228 Miles

Tonight I drove 228 miles, from Lawrence, MA to New York City, through a monsoon for the first 194 miles, and after Greenwich, CT through a snow hurricane that still roars outside my apartment window at midnight.

It was the most treacherous driving I have done for a while; I witnessed the aftermath of at least six accidents.  On the Merritt Parkway, where on a normal night most ignore the 55-mph speed limit and cruise at 70-plus, every inch of the road surface glistened, the lane lines were in...