last night, i was driving home from porter ranch.

heading west on rinaldi, i noticed the "don't walk" hand sign had stopped flashing at the intersection with mason, so i sped up a bit to make it through, not realizing the street was closed after a curve and a few blocks.

as i entered the intersection at 7:20 pm, a huge object zoomed through the air on a collision course with my car.

it bounced. it pounced. it was a tumbleweed.

scared the bananas out of me.

after making a u-turn and then a right onto south-bound mason, i caught up with the offending piece of errant foliage. winds of 20+ mph could not keep me from bidding the dude adios.