From the article:

“Designed to help promote work zone safety, the DOT has turned to the public for a moniker for its  10-foot tall, orange and white-striped  mascot.”

Your editor cannot tell from the picture if they’re our drums, but the elite PSS Investigative Team is on the case.

Mating Cows on Route 28 ‘Udderly’ Tie Up Traffic

…in a Work Zone, no less.

But they’re everywhere I tell ya:

“Hacked signs, specifically those having to do with zombies, have been seen nationally….earlier this year a traffic sign outside a school in a Seattle suburb prompted students to walk toward moving traffic while acting like zombies.”

Read the article here.  And, be careful out there!

From the article: 

“My neighborhood is under siege. It’s clear to me that the orange cones, barrels and menacing blinking lights have learned where I live. Worse, the construction demons have become familiar with my routes to work.”

Read the entire article here.

“Street Scene: Sidewalk Construction” by Jerry Waese

from spacingtoronto.ca 

From the Bemidji Pioneer

We’re on vacation this week, and hadn’t planned to blog very much.  But, we liked this picture well enough, and thought we’d post it.  Forgive us our presumptions.

We’re staying in Town Bank, NJ, on the Delaware Bay, just north of Cape May.  

This is a picture of the sunset over the bay, taken about 90 minutes ago.

“…two female drivers were gesturing at each other while driving on eastbound I-4 when one, distracted by the exchange, smashed into the concrete median.”

Read the article here.

Because:  “…you can’t box in that good old American open road spirit…”. 

 We agree.  100%.   Essay and audio are here.

Note that Minnesota Public Radio is also home of the great “A Prairie Home Companion”.