I promised an update on the brother names situation (see previous post) and here it is!

I talked to Pat–my younger brother–and he says he would use “middle brother” and “oldest brother.” So there you have it.

While driving to Raleigh, N.C. yesterday I saw a sign on I-85 that said “Eisenhower Insterstate System” with a ring of stars. Like this one:

Now I know Eisenhower was behind the creation of the interstates, but do we really need that sign? Are people getting confused and thinking they are on the Truman Interstate System, or the Coolidge Interstate System?