Anyone who has hung around here a lot knows that I'm not a fan of summer. My mantra is "Summer sucks--it sucks so much it should be renamed Hoover." (There, we've gotten that over with.)

The last few days have been an example of another reason I hate warm weather. Tonight, despite the fact it was Thursday, traditionally almost the worst traffic day of the week (Friday being the champ), while traffic was a little slow, it moved steadily from the east side of town to the west at least (northbound in the northwest corner was a different story). This was because it was cloudy and dim, with temps in the mid 60s. But on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the sun shining and the temps in the low 70s, the roads were clogged with more traffic than I'd seen since Christmastime around the malls, everyone seeming to think it was their God-given right to dash out in the warmth billowing carbon monoxide in their wake. It's absolutely absurd to take nearly 90 minutes to drive 24 miles, but that's how it goes--and that time was good only because for a change the surface road I take home was not backed up for several miles!

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. . . . . noted and logged by Linda at 9:49:00 PM

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