Squiggles.

Walking the streets more than I ever did in the pre-dog days, I find myself wondering about these squiggles:

What's up with that?

For some reason, I realized, road crews are making squiggly lines all over the asphalt. Why is that? It's a thin coating in no particular pattern. It couldn't possibly help hold the pavement together, or prevent potholes, could it? I thought not.

The longer I looked, the more I thought, the more the light began to dawn. Yes! These are not random squiggles; these are, in fact, messages. And these messages are coded, by which I mean they are written in script, and children are not taught penmanship anymore.

Carefully I began to crack the code on these squiggles. Perhaps if you look closely, you too will see the hidden messages....