Happy New Year. 

Here’s a discussion as divisive as immigration:  SUVs and parking spaces.  Not sure why this is an issue now as opposed to five years ago, but people are realizing that parking spots in Denver garages, streets, parking lots, and basements of high rises built in the 60s and 70s are simply too small to accomodate today’s vehicles.

Of course the logical answer is that you shouldn’t need a huge car living in a dense city, (I bike and own a reasonably size Saturn,) but some want to reduce the number of parking spaces and provide extra space to avoid door dings on their Escalades and Hummers.  Rocky Mountain News discussion here.

Nothing else new - other than the standard NYE partying and some excellent baked ziti and sausage at Maggiano’s last night I’ve been sequestered in my basement all weekend finishing my cabinets and bookcases.   I added the trim, painted the top, and spent another afternoon FINALLY organizing and sorting out the jumbled piled of AV gear, cords, movies, and video games.  All I need is to hang the doors and drill a big hole in the back to hide that cord bundle.

I’m pleased that my handmade bookcases make my basement far more inviting than the Guess store with these oddball uncomfortable chairs.  (If they can be called chairs.)

Have a safe and prosperous 2008. Now to start searching Kayak.com for my next trip…