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The number of columns I have written is not really so interesting, but the things I’ve seen and heard while I’ve been writing newspaper columns really have, on occasion, brought me up short.

Albert Einstein used to say, “those who do the same thing over and over again – expecting a different result – that is the textbook definition of insanity.”

So what are some of these “textbook” definitions?

I’ll start with drivers in the Pacific Northwest. We have more than our fair share of precipitation (duh!) As an engineer, I know that the coefficient of friction between a car tire...