IAMAMORON 2.5

Caution: Moron On Board
I was over by Old Orchard shopping mall yesterday heading north on Skokie Road. There's a series of lights that run the length of the mall's parking lot. They are the kind that have separate left-turn only and thru traffic signals. I was in the thru lane, but for some reason my car was slowing down to a complete stop, entirely through my own first-rate braking efforts. The only problem, as Eric Hu so ably pointed out, was that I had a green to go. Apparently, my mind was focused on the car in the left turn lane that was stopped and waiting for the left-turn signal to give him the go-ahead. I had assumed that since he was stopped, I should be stopped. A car behind me was gracious enough to slow down with me and didn't feel it was necessary to point out my moron-ness (he didn't honk or flash his lights). I proceeded to accelerate and pretend as if I meant to do that.

Great America's Fright Fest
On a totally separate note, I visited Great America's Fright Fest yesterday (it was Columbus Day and a day off from work) for the seventh (or is it eighth?) time this year. The park's decorations seem to get more and more off-the-wall every year. This year Hometown Square has been designed to look like a space ship has landed there and that the military is trying to defend the area. The efforts are topped with several individuals wearing army uniforms marching aimlessly around. Quite cool.