I guess I'm not brilliant enough.

I drove 101 up to San Francisco on Sunday. In Palo Alto, a driver in a small older car missed his or her exit and was reversing up the shoulder to get back to it.

I never would have thought to do this in a million years.

I missed my Palo Alto exit too--I was going to meet somebody for lunch on the way up. I got off at the next exit and took the freeway back to the correct exit. I thought about driving all the way to San Francisco and giving a lame excuse for missing lunch. That is the extent of my creativity.