BeigeJournal

Inspired by ohiblather’s recently-posted Handwritten entry, I’ve put up my own effort. I think you’ll agree that my handwriting, for all of Debbie’s complaining about her handwriting, is a lot worse.

One of the things I noticed during my recent visit to Arizona was the prevalence of speed bumps. We have speed bumps here in Wisconsin here and there, but they really love them in Arizona. They build them bigger over there, too. Here we just have little humps, out there, perhaps desensitized to height by all the mountains, they build mini-mountains. If an Arizona-style speed bump was built in central Illinois, people would climb to the summit of the speed bump to enjoy the view.

The assisted living home where my grandmother lives has a giant speed bump right on a tight turn in the tiny parking lot. Do the old people speed there? Since it is on a turn, each of the four wheels of the car rolls over it separately, causing a vigorous rolling motion. That must be great when one of the residents is carried away in an ambulance, which I imagine is not so uncommon at such a facility.