Saturday, May 03, 2014

Nothing good after midnight

Victim in fatal Lake Shore Drive crash was law student - chicagotribune.com

I have said from time to time, using hyperbole, "nothing good happens 'out there' after midnight."  This is one of the most tragic stories I have encountered in some time, and right here, downtown Chicago, Lake Shore Drive.  The victim was doing nothing wrong, but the assailant (inebriated?  drugged?) was, driving the wrong way on LSD, and she lost her life.  Which was just about to begin.

Stunning loss.  No words.

You don't even have to be in a car.  You can be merely standing outside an entertainment venue, not even in a moving vehicle, as was the case in March in Austin at SXSW.  You can have the most defensive posture, the best mentality, and still be a victim --- because of the hour, and the state of the perpetrator.

Senseless, terrible, horrific.  Best, always, for one's health, and even life, to make an early evening of it:  ....."nothing good happens 'out there' after midnight....."

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