tonight on the way home from my parents’ house, i took the west airport entrance onto the freeway instead of the murphy road entrance like i usually do.  the murphy road entrance is closer, so it was by no means a practical decision, but when i got on the freeway and sped past the murphy road entrance, i saw that it was blocked by a recent three-car accident.  the accident looked pretty major.  how did i know not to take that entrance?  i have no idea.  probably i didn’t know, and i don’t really care, either.  it’s just a random near-miss, a blip on someone else’s radar.

today we are measuring my distance from other people in metaphorical miles rather than literal feet and inches.