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11 February 2003
some things one can't understand
It's 3:34 in the afternoon and I'm still thinking about a sight from this morning's drive to campus. Picture this:
A grey, rainy morning. On a residential street in Beverly Hills, an elderly man dressed in snow boots, hat, and coat squeegees water off the hood of his large, late-model Cadillac Seville.
Squeegeeing in the rain. Is this just atypical behavior for an atypical morning? Did we inadvertently wander onto a David Lynch film set? Or is this some sort of myth of eternal punishment come to life before our eyes? Hmm...