Well, I again bid you welcome to this cozy respite known to you as Scattershooting. It's where I go here, there, and everywhere. While you're pondering your Christmas shopping endeavors, let me share with you all endeavors of another kind.

Mine, of course....

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Sooner or later, as good as my 2011 Toyota Camry was, it was just bound to happen. After all, it had been a well-run, well-maintained automobile that...