Ahh, spring. The time when twice a month I wake up to the sound of "STREET CLEANING. There is no parking on the *garbled voice* side of the street. Your car will be tagged and towed". Which usually means I bolt out of bed and look outside and try to remember where the fuck I parked my car. This morning I knew it was coming though and had parked my car in a safe place yesterday afternoon. I'm at the point now where if it's street cleaning day the next day I won't even go out the night before because parking can be that hellish.

What's impressive about all this? The tow trucks. I just watched them clear a block of parked cars in about 10 minutes. Those guys work fast.