October 15, 2010. I'll depart now from SCOTUS (Supreme Court Of The United States); while its choices settle central tenets of bankruptcy law (eventually), it's a D.C. fixture and this is Cali-forn-ia (to be pronounced gubernatorially while we can). In California and in line of sight is LOTUS. The non-ubiquitous Lotus is a luxury British car-make of the sporty and shiny kind; one such Lotus routinely parks in my office building's lot. In bright, fluorescent orange (what Dodge calls "Hemi Orange"), it's not missable from outer space. While parking's not reserved, the Lotus favors a particular spot. At the lot's north end, two perpendicular parking rows meet. At their intersection, at 45 degrees lies a segregated space, a place--on its face-- of vehicular honor. Therein lies the Lotus bordered by parallel curbs, which protect its resident's flanks from neighbors' opening doors.

Yet, while its doors are secured, its tail is exposed to cars pulling in and pulling out from the next-door spots, the latter's noses edging by at 45 degrees. The Lotus's bumper is placed at risk!

I have never met its driver, yet I respect the time-honored tradition of revering a stranger's set of wheels for its price tag. I would sacrifice to ensure such things grace our roads in flawless state. So, cogitating in the after-hours, I resolved to claim the informally-reserved spot for my more-modest vehicle, to whom the occasional bumper-bender offers less offense.

Yet, what I failed to realize is that the Lotus is earlier to rise than I. So I seek another spot. And spinning my wheels, I contemplate the merits of arboreal shade over sun, at the price of debris of a tree and avian deposits.

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