I guess you can't be too careful

I'm driving to work today, heading south on Keystone after hitting Einstein. There's an electric sign right before 116th Street that can be programmed to show different messages and such; it's up because of the construction debacle that is the intersection of 106th and Keystone right now. Usually it says "Lanes shift ahead. Use extreme caution". Which is sort of funny, because the lanes have been shifted since about last June, so if you don't know by now, the sign probably isn't going to help you.

But today, it said "Raptors ahead. Caution." It was blinking, so it took me a few seconds to get it, but it was pretty clear. The flashing seemed to give it an extra urgency, although it made it harder to read. So ... raptors? Velociraptors? The Toronto Raptors? I kept my eyes peeled for any prehistoric flying creatures swooping down on vehicles, or guys throwing basketballs at random cars driving past, but all was calm. Not even any construction workers out peeing over the overpass onto cars (this happened to Mel last week).

Got here to work and even looked "raptor" up on merriam-webster.com just in case I was missing something. But no--it's defined as Bird of Prey, and "a usually small-to-medium-sized predatory dinosaur (as a velociraptor or deinonychus)".

So search me. I have no clue what the City of Carmel was trying to tell us drivers as we sped down Keystone to our destinations. But they seemed to want to cover all possibilities.

In other news, I damn near froze my ass off getting gas this morning because I somehow missed the fact that it was going to be 2 degrees and all I have on is a tee shirt, nothing long-sleeved. Every once in a while I can be the sharpest crayon in the box, but most days I'm not, and today is one of those days.