Snowflake

Earlier this week, I slid into my car's driver's seat for a particularly early departure. The sun had not yet risen. It was dark and surprisingly cold. As I turned the key in the ignition, a single icon began flashing on my dashboard. It was a ... snowflake.

This is a symbol with which I am quite familiar, the signal of a temperature so low that icy roads and snowy conditions are possible. Which is all well and good but --

I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES! Sheesh.

In the mid-1930's, the Hudson Motor Company was the first to include a warning light on its automobile dashboards. These days our car's cockpit is littered with electronic bells and whistles. But all of this gadgetry does little to solve the actual problem. 

Paradise? Apparently not. 

"Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night, I can see paradise by the dashboard light." - Meat Loaf