A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

AND YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF -- WHERE DOES THAT HIGHWAY GO TO? Today marks the 50th anniversary of America's interstate highway system, and I'm not sure which direction we want to take this today:

• the American Road & Transportation Builders Association wants to discuss the songs and movies inspired by our highways;
• there's a great network of sites covering the highways of Philadelphia, NYC, Boston and Balto/DC (including those unbuilt near my house);
• we could all just talk about great, long road trips we've taken, though I've never done a longer drive than Philadelphia to Chicago; or
• we could go all sociological on this. According to Wiki, Charles Kuralt wrote in his memoir A Life on the Road, "The interstate highway system is a wonderful thing. It makes it possible to go from coast to coast without seeing anything or meeting anybody. If the United States interests you, stay off the interstates."

Yeah, we've got a great, big convoy. Ain't she a beautiful sight?