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2021

Yes, Its Christmas Time.

One of the wonders of this season is how far companies will go to twist themselves into pretzels with their seasonal messages and not wish folks “Merry Christmas.” They seem to be so afraid of offending someone that they put … Continue reading

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A Christmas Gift to Yourself

This has been a hell of a year and merely surviving has been challenging. We are down to the last two weeks of the year and I have a suggestion. Take em off and relax. Play, sleep, eat, commune, go … Continue reading

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Tech for Tech’s Sake

I go into a parking lot and it is pay by plate.  I enter my plate number, pay the requisite amount, and then proceed about my business. Two weeks later I receive a citation in the mail. How can that … Continue reading

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It’s all the same — a case for curiosity

Typically the first thing I do in the morning is review a bunch of sites with articles of interest. Mostly political commentary, some news. It occurred to me today that I’m not reading them any more. I just skip over … Continue reading

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MaaS – Why Hasn’t it Caught on

Simply put, Mobility as a Service is a concept that makes it easy for folks to use a single credential to access all sorts of transportation in a given area. What if you had an app that allowed you to … Continue reading

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These Folks are Surprised that People Like to Drive

Bloomberg labs has published an article by Eric Jaffe on a study done by a bunch of Italian statisticians concerning folks preference to cars over other types of transit, even when it costs more to drive the car than take … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving 2021

As I read all the ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ messages we receive, I wonder if we are missing the point. Virtually all of them have a reference to eating, gaining weight, or football. Sure, there is a nod to “being thankful”, but … Continue reading

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Frustration VS Acceptance

This is probably one of those blogs I should write then delete. Let’s see how it turns out. I am deaf. Well not totally deaf, but my hearing loss is in the exact frequency of speech. I can hear the … Continue reading

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Dog Bites Man Story — Parking at Trader Joe’s

I blasted through a headline over at Parknews concerning parking at Trader Joe’s. It was, I thought, a ‘dog bites man’ story. After all, we all know that Trader Joe’s is a small store with a large clientele, and a … Continue reading

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Focus, Can you do it for four minutes?

SWPTA’s annual meeting was a fantastic event. There was something for everyone, and it was a great place to talk about parking. But I glanced over at the fellow sitting at the next table and he was playing a game … Continue reading

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