The veil was thin that day

Look at this asshole.

Look at this asshole. This is a truck doing 60 mph in the wrong direction on eastbound I-90 yesterday. We were the first car in his way as he shot off the exit ramp onto the freeway, straight into our path. There was one long moment while I wondered which way he would go. I laid on the horn to get his attention, and I wondered if he’d realize what he was doing and pull toward the left shoulder. But he continued to drift to his right as though he was just a sane guy merging into traffic. He apparently thought so, because he was thoughtfully using his turn signal. So I cheated to our right, a bit off the road, as he blew across the left fender and sped toward the traffic behind us. He took a long pull off his cigarette as he passed, not 10 feet away. My son caught this picture out the rear windshield, just before swearing like a sailor. “Highway to Hell” was on the radio.