Sam Fletcher Senior Writer This reporter passed a career milestone earlier this month—I officially retired from Oil & Gas Journal on Aug. 3, primarily to avoid driving Houston highways during its notoriously frustrating rush hours. That likely will come as a surprise to readers of this article since obviously I'm still writing for OGJ. However, the company is letting me wade gradually into retirement while writing an occasional piece under contract to keep me from going cold turkey and to put something besides cat food on the table. Strangely, I felt none of the anxious anticipation of retirement as when I became a "short-timer" during my Army enlistment and for months each ...