Dan Brown has released his highly anticipated follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code." In his latest release, Robert Langdon, symbologist (symbology?) extraordinaire isn't toppling religious stereotypes or uncovering messiah love triangles. This time he is facing his greatest test of all: DC traffic.
Oh, and Masons.
In "The Lost Symbol" Langdon goes from the Washington Monument to the National Archives (world headquarters of the Fourth Corner), all the way up to the Scottish Rite Temple on 16th and S Street, about two blocks from my house. Since this announcement, the Scottish Rite (read: Masonic) temple has been added to the Tourmobile tour, thereby increasing the commute home for the entire staff of the Fourth Corner (me).
It's rumored that Langdon will not only have a profound revelation on the role of Masons in the founding of America, but that he will also uncover the ineffable mystery behind DC's unsynchronized, wholly evil, traffic lights. Speculations abound that the traffic lights are poorly timed to prevent car bombs on the White House, or are controlled by zealous Amish folk who believe it's a sin to go over twenty miles an hour. Who knows the truth? Langdon knows the truth.
Ah, DC traffic lights. Nothing like driving through the city with an ever-growing rage in your belly for your fellow man.
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