Stupid Fake Traffic Accidents

I went into Chicago yesterday, more as some way to get me out of the apartment then for any real reason, but the city was a madhouse. It was reasonably warm, about 90 degrees out, but not too hot and not terribly humid, but foot traffic was horrible. A good portion of Michigan Avenue was blocked off and liberally covered with a smattering of wrecked automobiles, shattered pieces of brick wall, the remains of some pretty good pyrotechnics, and even an upside-down bus, presumably as part of the Transformers 3 shoot. They'll have to do a lot of editing in post, because the backgrounds are going to be filled with people gawking instead of running in terror, and taking pictures of the camera crews.

Anyway, I've now seen the underside of a CTA bus. I think that might have been the highlight of my day. It's not a very exciting life that I lead.