I never ride in a car without a seatbelt. I never let my children or other passengers do it either. But what about my dog?

The weather has been pretty crummy recently in my part of the country, with lots of rain, snow or simply overcast skies. I've been shocked at how many people drive in these weather conditions without their headlights turned on.

I've been struggling to figure out what to write about today, and then it hit me. Or, rather, I hit it. Driving home the other day, I hit a stop sign. It was situated in a stupid place (in the center of the crosswalk), but I was more stupid to hit it. It's an intersection I'd driven through many times before. As I turned, the sign fell into a blind spot (where the windshield meets the car frame)... then the audiobook I was listening to told me that the book was continued on the next disk, and I turned my gaze for a second to hit “eject.” THUD! It was like an out-of-body experience, and I’m thinking, “I can't believe what just happened.”