What Chicago is talking about this week:
The YELLOW DOT comes to IDOT!
It kind of reminds me of the stickers you're supposed to put on your window so that the firepeople save your pets -- but the hot new item for the old people in your life (baby boomers aren't getting any younger) is a yellow dot to put on the car. The color is chosen to hearken to the "golden hour" after a crash when the EMTs often make decisions that determine whether you live or die, and the concept is to keep your key medical records in a yellow envelope in the glovebox so that first responders can make informed decisions.
Some nay-sayers say that the yellow dot makes you a target for theft of those same records -- and others say that the true solution is to be able to download your records into an OnStar like device ... but if you have a loved older one who hasn't given up their drivers license yet, you may want to do the research, see if Yellow Dot is in your state, and prepare for the future.
Speaking of older people, like the couple who went home last week on one of my favorite competition reality shows, here's my Amazing Race Aside with three things I learned from last week's episode:
1.) When posing in Speedos, be sure to smile -- it's what the audience wants.
2.) Beersel is apparently very hard to find in Brussels.
3.) Just like the Arch, one can climb inside the Atomium!
JUST ANNOUNCED: YELLOW DOT FROM THE IDOT!:
http://www.dot.state.il.us/press/r112211.html
NOT EVERYONE'S HAPPY ABOUT IT (ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SELLING SOMETHING):
http://yellowdotprogram.com/tag/yellow-dot-program-pa/
I WAS IN BRUSSELS IN 1990, BUT DIDN'T KNOW THEN ABOUT THE ATOMIUM:
http://www.brussels-belgium-travel-guide.com/atomium.html
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