answer me anything...

[sev]

I'm skipping the hard questions, for the time being; I want to actually put some thought into them. But here's three of the easier ones:

• I don't know who wrote it, but if you find out, let me know, okay? Though I'm not yet sure if I want to slap them or thank them.
  
  
• Because I'm ornery, I *am* going to answer this one in public: There isn't, so you're not. You shouldn't, because there are. I'm glad you trust my judgment and I hope my answering the question here hasn't proved me indelicate. :) Um, I hope you remember what order the clauses in your question were in, or else my answer's not going to make sense...
  
  
• I don't think it's personal -- aynjel has gotten at least one, too. The times I've seen tickets distributed, they've been put on all the cars there. By the time your friend gets there, I'm guessing the other ticketed cars have been moved -- the tickets seem to be distributed during the day, so people who drive their cars to work don't end up with tickets (which ends up being incentive not to take the bus. grr).
  
  We've not been able to figure out whether that means people shouldn't be parking there at all, or that somehow it's expected or acceptable that people park at the curb which partially blocks the lane people are supposed to drive in. According to SDOT definitions, that concrete strip that adjoins the grass is in fact considered part of the "planting strip", which makes parking there a violation just like parking in an intersection or double parking. Which is silly and ridiculous; as far as I can tell, that foot adjacent to the curb is paved *because* people park on it.
  
  In case you can't tell, I'm a bit incensed about this whole thing myself. And I don't even drive! Apparently, if we want the situation to change, our only solution is to petition the city council for a variance, which I'm told is a serious pain in the butt.
  
  (I feel like I should know how my household knows you -- since you know where I live, and all -- but I'm not managing to recall the connection. How do we know you?)