Modern life

On the way into work this morning, traffic was moving verrrry slowly, but I wasn't sure why. Until I moved up far enough to see the flashing police lights; rear-end collision involving two SUVs. Oh, OK. Crept past it into more swiftly-moving traffic... it wasn't until a couple blocks later that the car-geek part of my brain kicked in, and I realized that a Cadillac had hit a Mercedes. (Escalade and ML350, for those who care.) High-end utility vehicles still strike me as a little strange...

Snow

As most of you know, it's snowing out there. Since the forecast wasn't great, I left the store around 1 pm, just when it started to come down. I figured I'd beat the rush home. No such luck. It usually takes me about 1/2 hour (sometimes less) to get home. Today it took a full 3 hours. Traffic was intense, roads were messy, visibility was awful. Fortunately most of the trip was more boring than anything else (creeping along at 3 MPH), but I'm really glad to be home... Anyone who's still out there, please be careful!