It’d be fine if the traffic folks had had the courtesy to let people know of the closings. I’d have happily gotten off 4.8 miles earlier on 55 if I’d known I’d be forced to drive all the way up to Chicago. A simple detour sign would have done the trick. Maybe the City can’t afford detour signs anymore.

This was the for the marathon—or I guess the day after the marathon, but who really needs to get anywhere these days?—and it happens every year. What did Chicago expect to have happen if the Olympics were in town?

One more reason to take public transportation, I guess.

Or wait. Shoot. Maybe not. Why would the City reallocate some of the $5 billion they had just budgeted for the Olympics to something popular? Silly me.

Our car is parked in a non-metered spot. Our car is ticketed for “expired meter or overstay”. We, being of rational minds, appeal the ticket on the ground that it is a basic logical fallacy, including a photograph of the sans-meter parking spot. (It still is.)

Now, five months later(!), an appeal decision has been made: Ticket is confirmed. The accompanying comment, in full: “Information supports a determination that the violation occurred.”

Fantastic. Chicago, I’m falling out of love with you.