eason for the pox #1: The traffic on the 30-mile route from Richmond, Va., to Fredricksburg, Va., crawled along at 10 miles an hour on a Saturday afternoon … with no discernable cause whatsoever. Reason for the pox #2: It took me eight-and-a-half hours to drive from DC to New York, a drive that should take half that. Reason for the pox #3: General grumpiness about shitty signage and inconvenience of rest stops. In the words of my dear friend Mike Gentry, “I don’t know who planned that highway, but they should be killed. And if they’re already dead, they should be dug up from the ground—and violated.”

(Oh and yes, I've made it to New York. I'm finally home.)