hug me

I love the movie L.A. Story. Its quirky LA-centric story has Steve Martin hugging a freeway street sign at one point in the movie. Although I’ve always attributed the anthropomorphic behavior as pure fiction, and my freeway sign has never asked me to hug it, I did realize on my commute to work today that I do believe my freeway sign is on holiday. No lights. No estimates of minutes to the next freeway. Clearly it’s taking a much-needed break while there’s not so much traffic. Maybe I should hug it without it having to ask. I think I’ll wait until I know its back from its vacation.