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Merry Christmas, if I may

At this most blessed and magical time of year, I think a bit about the secularization of our lives. The jolly “Merry Christmas” has been

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LIfe Goes On…

I have been following with some interest a lawsuit against a parking company in Florida. Seems they were accused of falsifying insurance invoices and billed

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12-12-12

I can never remember which comes first when you write the date that way, the month or the day.  So I looked it up and

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When the Water Rises…

I parked in Battery Garage in lower Manhattan last Wednesday. Its two blocks from Ground Zero, a block from the Hudson River and around the

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I visit a Cloud

You think you know what a data center looks like — Its a large room with a raised floor and windows.  You can see the

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Thanksgiving 2012

What an incredible year.  We actually survived the election, which seemed to go on forever. For half of us, our guy didn’t win, for the

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LIncoln

We think of Abraham Lincoln as a man of of great words and deeds. He is held up as a paragon. He freed the slaves

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Friday Musings

I hate it when people send me things to do Friday afternoon. What they have done is put off working all week, and then on

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NPA Musings

The show is small and crisp. Christine Banning has a number of good speakers who will give the NPA members some excellent information. The chap

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NPA Week

This week heralds the NPA Convention in Hollywood, FL. Carol and I will be there and hopefully will be able to post a few notes

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EVs Take another Hit! —

There’s an article out today about EV’s and Batteries. WAIT!!!  All of you who are ready to pillory me for destroying polar bears and killing

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I Get a Kick out of PDX

I’m traveling this week and flew into Portland International Airport.  I was pleasantly surprised. This small second tier airport is stunning.  It is easy navigate,

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Parking Trade Show Season

Fall is in the air — you can ‘feel’ the change in seasons.  Trees are turning, maybe a sweater in the evening, that unique crisp

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Avast Ye Hearties

Today, Wednesday September 19th, is “Talk like a Pirate Day.”  You didn’t know?  Shame on you.  The day even has a web site. Go here.

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A chuckle

From Tom over at the Parking Smart discussion group on LinkedIn: The Parking Officer’s Funeral As the coffin was being lowered into the ground at

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I’m Torn…

The city of Foxboro, MA has passed a law that people can’t sell their front yards to park cars around the Foxboro Stadium, where the

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Shoupistas under Attack?

For the past five years I have been hearing rumblings about the theories of Don Shoup.  For those of you living under a basket, they

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Jim Hunnicutt — RIP

I received the release below from the IPI on the passing of Jim Hunnicutt.  I didn’t know Jim well. I ran into him at various

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God of the Parking Spot

Gabby Douglas, winner of the woman’s gymnastics all-around at the London Olympics upon receiving her gold medal, gave all the glory to God. Immediately, at

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Curmudgeon Alert!!!

I”m back from a short trip to Texas and have a couple of observations on air travel. First, what the hell gives flight crews the

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Wow, It’s Here

The 2012 edition of the People and Products in Parking Directory is at the Printers and is also up at our web site. Click on

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I Don’t Care!!!

Probably three of the most politically incorrect words in the language. When someone says “I don’t care” we immediately assume they are dunderheads or at

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A Parking Wonk’s Wish…

Paul Barter over at Reinventing Parking has collected a group of links (including four to your humble servant’s comments about SFPark) that bring a baker’s

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The Customer as God

That’s the headline on a two page article in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal. It boils down to the fact that retailers, and others, are

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A Note from a Friend

I received this from John Clancy. Now retired, John worked in the technology side of the industry for decades. I don’t think this needs any

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Look out the Window

If there is any advice I can give it’s concerning the passing scene. “Look out the window.” Rather than listen to CNN or the New

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