While reading a smartypants article in a top-notch periodical (perhaps the New England Journal of Medicine or the Wall Street Journal), I learned something interesting about parking:  You're actually supposed to position your vehicle between the line to the right and the line to left, almost as if you were parking "in" the spot.  This goes against so much wisdom I see in the real world:  Most people try to cover as much of one line as possible.  Some try to cover both lines at once.  This whole time, I thought that's how you were supposed to do it.  Man, was I wrong.  Now I know. 

*** Seriousness follows ***

I just got back from a store where a girl performed the worst parking job I've ever seen in my life.  I almost threw up on her car.  She was completely over the line to the left of her car.  Then somebody pulled into the spot next to her.  When the girl came back to her car, she had a look on her face that said, "Uh!  What kind of jerk would park so close to me?"  I almost threw up on her.  Sometimes (actually all the time), I have an urge to spit on the door handle of cars with drivers that can't park.  It's my little way of making sure karma comes back to them and sticks on their palm. #travel