Along the same lines as that last ridiculous entry, sometimes it feels like the potential for something very movie-like is visible, but all it's missing is that spark that transforms the situation. Action in films has become so commonplace, that our minds can easily visualize something sensational happening that would otherwise be something we'd never want to imagine.

Driving 70-80mph on the interstate seems very pedestrian in real life, but rest assured, something crazy will happen in the movies. A wheel will come off an axle unexpectedly, a piece of debris will fly into the windshield, or maybe a bridge will be out and someone forgot to post a sign or something.

When sitting in an airport terminal, I always like to sit near the huge banks of windows that look out on the tarmac, just to imagine the possibilities. The possibilities if life were a movie, that is. If it weren't so destructive and life-threatening, it would be more fun to shoot a bazooka at a distant fuel truck than just sit there. Maybe after the impact of the bazooka and the subsequent explosion, the burning remains of the fuel truck could swerve uncontrollably into a line of parked airplanes, thus detonating all of them too. Maybe that's why my flights are always late to leave: stupid guys with their bazookas.

As the message board said on the interstate this weekend, "It won't kill you to slow down". It does in the movies.