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I left the house Tuesday night at about 10:00 when I realized I hadn’t eaten dinner yet. As I waited at a red light while headed toward McDonald’s (great birthday dinner, eh?), I was startled by the honk of a car. I looked in the lane next to me and saw an older woman looking in my direction. I paused my iPod, rolled my window down, and she asked me if I knew where the Courtyard by Marriott was. I told her to turn left at the first light over the bridge and to take the first left after that. She said thanks, the light turned green, and I was on my way.

I got about halfway over the bridge when I realized that if she turned at the first light on the other side of it, she’d be getting on the interstate. Crap. Fortunately, the light was red and I could sit and wait for her to catch up and warn her not to get on the interstate. She finally pulled up to the intersection, left turn signal on. I honked a couple times to get her attention and told her that she actually needed to turn at the next light. She smiled and thanked me.

And then turned left onto the interstate.

Hey, I tried.

Speaking of McDonald’s, I was in the drive through a couple weeks ago behind a big SUV. This one:

See that yellow circle by the taillight? There was something written there that struck me as funny, but I can’t read it from the picture, and it’s been awhile since I took the picture. Wasted humor potential.